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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-37

All volunteer firefighters or volunteers on civic service with the firefighters benefit, from the start of their period of commitment, from initial training and, subsequently, from ongoing training.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-37

…to sixteen weeks, taken within a period and divided up in accordance with the terms and conditions determined by decree.Adoption leave is extended to :1° Eighteen weeks when the adoption brings the nu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-37

Where the applicant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-37

When the borrower informs his lenders that he is taking out several loans for the same transaction, each loan is concluded subject to the condition precedent that each of the other loans is granted. T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Special delegation

Article L2121-37

The number of members making up the special delegation is set at three in communes where the population does not exceed 35,000. This number may be increased to seven in communes with a higher populati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Term of office and termination.

Article L2314-37

…d the highest number of votes. The substitute becomes the full member until the member he replaces returns or until the institution is renewed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-37

…h fewer than three hundred employees, the labour inspector may require the creation of a health, safety and working conditions committee where this is necessary, in particular due to the nature of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-37

In companies where there is no trade union representative, the employer may replace all or part of the payment for overtime, as well as any additional pay, with an equivalent compensatory rest period,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-37

…deducted from the annual paid leave. It is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining paid holiday entitlement and for all other entitlements resulting for the person concerne…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-37

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the effects of restrictions in the articles of association on the exercise of votin…

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