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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-3

…ects the business of the credit institution or finance company within the meaning of Article L. 511-13 and each member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the Management Board or any oth…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-7

…e to comply with the following provisions is punishable by a fourth-class fine: 1° Articles L. 1221-13, L. 1221-15 and L. 1221-15-1, D. 1221-23 to R. 1221-26, relating to the single personnel register…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-9

…s appointed as substitute in the manner provided for in articles L. 1423-3 to L. 1423-8 and R. 1423-13. Failing this, the chair is taken by the most senior councillor in office at the same assembly. I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Transfers of personnel and property for the installation of departmental fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1425-1

The transfers of personnel, provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 and L. 1424-16 and transfers of property, as provided for in Article L. 1424-17, may be the subject of a single agreement. T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Special provisions applicable to magnetic resonance imaging equipment intended for patient care in the health sector or for research in this field, governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to effects on health

Article R4453-27

…earch in this field when the preventive measures put in place by the employer under Article R. 4453-13 do not enable workers' exposure to be kept below the exposure limit values relating to health eff…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article L1143-7

…f the committee's work, under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2195-4

…ommercial Code, subject to the cases of automatic termination provided for in III of article L. 622-13 of the same code.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2143-9

…aser to access the relevant information via an electronic system mentioned in 1° of article R. 2143-13 or, if he is a foreigner, shall produce a document issued by the competent judicial or administra…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-39

Pursuant to 9° of article R. 212-10-13, the training organisation must send the regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion:-within one month of the end of each session, a quantitative a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-15

…consolidated basis, continuously monitors compliance with the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 or, where applicable, Article L. 517-14. Financial holding companies, parent undertakings of fina…

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