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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-8

…ons or in the case mentioned in 2° of article L. 3253-18-2, the guarantee institutions pay the sums due to the employee upon presentation by the latter of the documents justifying the amount of his cl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-2

…and the competent authority pursuant to these provisions has : 1° Either decided to open the procedure; 2° Or noted the closure of the employer's business or establishment and the insufficiency of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-7

Articles L. 3253-7, L. 3253-10 to L. 3253-13 and L. 3253-17 are applicable to the procedures defined in articles L. 3253-18-1 and L. 3253-18-2. The judgments referred to in article L. 3253-12 include…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-5

…ebt statements. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the advance payment of contributions due by the employer under the Contrat de Securisation Professionnelle mentioned in 1° of article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-9

The institutions referred to in Article L. 3253-14 shall, on request, inform all other guarantee institutions in the Member States of the European Community or the European Economic Area of the nation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18-2

…ix months and helps to find him a new employer likely to enable him to complete his training course.During this period, the apprentice has the status of vocational training trainee.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-18

The provisions of articles R. 6523-2-10 to R. 6523-2-14 are applicable, under article L. 6523-1-4, to this sub-section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-18-1

…812-3, awarded by an institution accredited under the conditions provided for in article L. 613-1 du code de l'éducation, who can show proof of at least five years' professional experience as an ass…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-18-1

After cremation, the ashes are pulverised and collected in a cinerary urn with a plaque on the outside bearing the identity of the deceased and the name of the crematorium.Pending a decision on the de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18-1

The proportion of directors of each sex may not be less than 40% at the end of the next general meeting called to vote on appointments, in companies which, for the third consecutive financial year, em…

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