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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-1

…ns referred to in Article L. 531-2. Ia -Any natural person who manages an AIF mentioned in II or in 1° and 2° of III of article L. 214-24 without having been authorised to do so under the conditions s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Back-to-work bonus

Article R5133-1

To be entitled to the back-to-work bonus instituted by article L. 5133-1, the beneficiary of one of the allowances mentioned in the same article must have been working for at least four consecutive mo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6152-601

Attached practitioners perform hospital duties and participate in the missions defined in articles L. 6111-1 and L 6112-1. They are placed under the authority of the head of the department or, failing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Balance sheet.

Article R123-182

…shed by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables, shows the following items in succession:1° Under fixed assets: intangible fixed assets, tangible fixed assets and financial fixed assets;2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Protected information

Article L151-1

Any information meeting the following criteria is protected as a business secret: 1° It is not, in itself or in the exact configuration and assembly of its elements, generally known or easily accessib…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2

…sion on Natural Disasters provided for in I of article L. 125-1-1 is to issue an annual opinion on: 1° The relevance of the criteria used to determine recognition of the state of natural disaster, bas…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1241

…ppealing against judgments ruling on a protective measure with regard to a person of full age runs: 1° With regard to the protected person of full age, from the notification provided for in Article 12…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…the following conditions in respect of the financial year during which these shares are allocated: 1° The company proceeds, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-5…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-12-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7123-4-1, models recognised as service providers established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation to manufacture, import and distribute active substances.

Article R5138-1

…ore the planned date of commencement of the activity. II. - It includes the following information : 1° Administrative information relating to the establishment, including the name, business name and a…

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