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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D546-6

Pursuant to I of Article L. 546-1, an agreement is entered into between the body referred to inArticle L. 512-1 of the Insurance Code and the Autorité des marchés financiers. This agreement shall stip…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Fees and allowances of experts, interpreters, persons in charge of social and personality investigations and delegates and mediators of the public prosecutor's office

Article R121

In addition to the reimbursement of their travel expenses, calculated in accordance with the conditions laid down for travel by civilian State personnel for the Ministry of Justice, the natural person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-42

The operating section is presented in accordance with the following functional groups: 1° Expenditure : Group 1: personnel expenses. Group 2: general operating expenses. Group 3: depreciation, provisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-32

The provisions of articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-2, articles L. 225-3 to L. 225-16, L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-15

…nformation on their whereabouts to enable the tests mentioned in article L. 232-5 to be carried out:1° Athletes registered on the list of top-level athletes, elite athletes or national teams within th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

…lace after authorisation by the Labour Inspector if the employee holds one of the following offices:1° Trade union delegate and former trade union delegate ;2° Elected member and former elected member…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-18

I. - For the purposes of 1° of article L. 561-10, a person exposed to particular risks by virtue of their duties is a person who holds or has held for less than one year one of the following positions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1251-6

…d to perform a specific and temporary task known as an "assignment" and only in the following cases:1° Replacement of an employee, in the event of :a) Absence ;b) A temporary change to part-time work,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article R2225-7

…rticle L. 2225-2, or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation where they are competent :1° The work required to create and develop the identified fire water points;2° The accessibility, nu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil départemental de l'environnement et des risques sanitaires et technologiques.

Article R1416-1

The Conseil départemental de l'environnement et des risques sanitaires et technologiques (Departmental Council for the Environment and Health and Technological Risks) contributes to the development, i…

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