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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-20

In undertakings and groups of undertakings within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 with at least three hundred employees, as well as in Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings within t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2

…icable to employees seconded as part of a temporary work assignment, with the exception of articles L. 1251-32 and L. 1251-33 for employees holding a permanent employment contract in their country of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Illegal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2222-2

…ramework of an agreement concluded in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in article L. 2212-2. This offence is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros if the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-23

…amming commitments 1° Commitments made by the programming groups or agreements mentioned in article L. 212-19 and approved by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée ; 2° T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-23

…ns of the Consumer Code without prejudice to the powers granted to the agents mentioned in Articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the Consumer Code, under the conditions set out in Book V of the same Code…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-23

…receivables", as appropriate;2. A statement that the deed is subject to the provisions of articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-34;3. The name or corporate name of the credit institution, the FIA mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-26

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 631-1 of the French Commercial Code, credit institutions or finance companies that are unable to ensure their payments, immediately or in the near future,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Agricultural credit

Article L512-20

…agricole mutuel comprise : 1. Les caisses régionales de crédit agricole mutuel définies à l'article L. 512-34; 2. The caisses locales de crédit agricole mutuel affiliated to the caisses régionales men…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-2

Article L. 611-1 is amended as follows: I.-In the first paragraph, the order of the representative of the State in the region is replaced by a decision of the Government of French Polynesia. "II.-In t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishment and liquidation of claims.

Article L3253-20

…le or in part from the available funds before the expiry of the time limits provided for in Article L. 3253-19, the judicial representative shall request, upon presentation of the statements, the adva…

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