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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-2

The Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Interior may jointly decide, for a renewable period of six months, to freeze funds and economic resources:1° Which belong to, are owned, held or c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide information and training.

Article L4141-2

The employer shall organise appropriate practical safety training for : 1° Workers hired by the employer ; 2° Workers who change workstation or technique; 3° Temporary employees, with the exception of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-28

…ception to the previous paragraph, in the sole case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 145-18, the tenant must vacate the premises upon payment of a provisional indemnity set by the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-2

…aving the necessary competence to examine the project, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1123-14 or Article L. 1123-16. It may only request one opinion per clinical investigation project…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Cross-industry agreements.

Article L2232-2

…the elections taken into account for the measurement of the audience provided for in 3° of article L. 2122-9, at least 30% of the votes cast in favour of organisations recognised as representative at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-28

…ny, from a sabbatical leave, a leave for business creation or a specific leave mentioned in article L. 6323-17-1 of a duration of at least six months. Seniority acquired in any other company of the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Micro-organisms and toxins.

Article L5139-2

…fer, acquisition and use of micro-organisms and toxins included on the list provided for in article L. 5139-1 and products containing them are subject to conditions and an authorisation system defined…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-2

…1990 relating to industrial property are automatically entered on the list provided for in Article L. 422-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Local services

Article L2144-2

…these annexes, local municipal services are made available to residents. The provisions of article L. 2144-1 are applicable to these annexes.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-2

…ment, it may grant aid under the conditions set out in Title I of Book V of Part One and in article L. 2253-1.

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