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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-27

…ber State, the three-month period referred to in the previous two paragraphs is reduced to two months.II. - Credit institutions with their registered office in France wishing to carry out their activi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-22

…services and operate under the freedom to provide services under the conditions defined in Article L. 511-24, subject to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution having been informed in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-27

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the business to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To businesses that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-25

The freelance administration company sets up and manages an activity account for each supported employee. The ported employee is informed once a month of the items charged to this account, and in part…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Private project management

Article L2431-2

…ethods or techniques or the industrial products to be used require the involvement of these operators.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-26

…ithout the owning authority being required to pay the eviction compensation provided for in article L. 145-14, even if its refusal is justified by a reason of public interest.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-26

In the case provided for in Article L. 1441-25, the industrial tribunal members are appointed jointly by the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment, by industrial tribunal, college and se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-2

…Criminal Code, any person who disregards the prohibition set out in the second paragraph of article L. 561-30 shall be liable to the penalties set out in article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contract content

Article L2312-2

For the purposes of the first paragraph of Article L. 2112-3, the life cycle of equipment is understood to mean all the successive states it may undergo, including research and development, industrial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-22

…e at any level they deem appropriate, insofar as this is necessary for the performance of their tasks. The costs of a single expert shall be borne by the European Company within the framework of the a…

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