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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L762-4

…ay 2019 L. 421-7-4 and L. 421-7-5 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-8 Order no. 2007-544 of 12 April 2007 L. 421-9 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-10 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-1

…ployees in equivalent jobs, such as mobility leave under the conditions provided for in articles L. 1237-18-1 to L. 1237-18-5, training, validation of acquired experience or retraining actions or acti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Transitional provisions.

Article L441-10

…raph as part of the first annual information provided for in Article L. 441-3-1 following 1 January 2018. II. - Agreements of any kind in existence on 1 July 2017 and carrying out or providing for tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

…ce, the difference is deducted from the compensation mentioned in III of Article 37 of Law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on the finances for 2014 or, failing that, from the twelfths provided for i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-50

…he ceiling provided for inArticle 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012 in the case of the contribution provided for in 2° of Article L. 6331-48 of this Code and in acco…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

…al transactions or a transaction of a continuous nature or, in the case of the persons mentioned in 12° and 12° bis of Article L. 561-2, for the performance of a statutory mission. In the case of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-3

…cle L. 1411-11-1 and the territorial professional health communities referred to in article L. 1434-12 ;2° Territorial and financial accessibility of psychiatric care;3° Continuity of psychiatric care…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article R421-25

…permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU", issued by France on the basis of articles L. 421-12 or L. 421-25, bears the following statement under the heading "Remarks": "The [name of the Member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-6

…teaching bodies or job categories who benefit from a credit of hours in accordance with Article L. 2123-2 is amended at the beginning of the school year. The duration of the hours credited is divided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative

Article R3213-2

…t proposes to end a psychiatric care measure concerning a person mentioned in II of article L. 3211-12 or proposes, if the person is in full hospitalisation, to modify the form of his care, the direct…

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