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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L363-2

…the Council of 9 March 2016" and the words: "by Chapters II and III of Title III of Regulation No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lien on claims arising from transactions

Article L513-11

…ories and indemnities relating to these assets, financial instruments referred to in article L. 513-10, where applicable after offsetting, as well as receivables resulting from deposits made by the so…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-15

…Board of Directors relating to the allocation of the credits referred to in article L. 2135-13 and may make their observations known. The association adopts its own rules of procedure, which are appr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-4

…ation to foreign natural or legal persons, the collège de résolution and the collège de supervision may, in the performance of their task of preventing and resolving banking crises, exchange informati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article A143-4

…ocedures for converting rights into retirement benefits; 4° The conditions under which the contract may be amended and the consequences of failure to comply with these conditions; 5° Information on th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-16

…n the required timeframe, in accordance with the last paragraph of Article 495-18 and article D. 45-10 ; 3° Receive requests made pursuant to the first paragraph of article 495-18 and complaints made…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-11

…provided that these securities comply with the condition set out in V of this Article.II. - A UCITS may not invest more than 10% of its assets in eligible financial securities or money market instrume…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-9

I. - The budget for the Mayotte fire and rescue service comprises an investment section and an operating section.The investment section may include programme authorisations and payment appropriations.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Responsibilities.

Article R5312-6

…rogramme of territorial offices; 9° The general conditions of employment and remuneration of staff; 10° Pôle emploi's internal regulations, which set out in particular the system of travel expenses ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-1

…ss offences for an economic operator within the meaning of 13) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 to exhibit, offer for sale, sell, import, hire out, make available or transfer for any purpose…

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