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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-84-1

…r the application of Articles L. 1226-15, L. 1234-9, L. 1235-3, L. 1235-3-1, L. 1235-11 and L. 1235-16 of the Labour Code, the determination of the compensation payable by the employer does not take i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-2

…° and 2° of Article L. 533-24-1, Articles L. 632-1 to L. 632-6, L. 632-12 to L. 632-15-1 and L. 632-16, as well as those of Articles 14 to 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2315-41

…carrying out their tasks; 4° The procedures for their training in accordance with articles L. 2315-16 to L. 2315-18 ; 5° Where applicable, the resources allocated to them; 6° Where applicable, the te…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil penalties

Article L761-2

…articles L. 721-2, L. 722-2, L. 722-3, L. 722-4, L. 722-5, L. 722-12, L. 722-13, L. 722-14, L. 722-16, L. 724-4, L. 732-2, L. 733-1 and L. 733-4 may be annulled by the protection litigation judge, at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Control by the administrative authority.

Article L3345-2

…ticles L. 3332-9, L. 3333-2, L. 3334-2 and L. 3334-4 of this Code and articles L. 224-14 and L. 224-16 of the Monetary and Financial Code, to request the withdrawal or amendment of clauses which are c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-4

…4° Failure to compile the file on subsequent work on the structure provided for in Article L. 4532-16. A repeat offence is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. The court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-83

…ial measure to prevent recidivism in terrorism and reintegration mentioned in III of Article 706-25-16 are met, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor shall refer the matter to the multidisciplinary com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article R1613-1

Salary costs reimbursed pursuant to article L. 1613-5 include all remuneration defined by the décret n°85-730 du 17 juillet 1985 relatif à la rémunération des fonctionnaires de l'Etat et des fonctionn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue.

Article D5125-45-1

…medicinal products authorised when used under the provisions of 1° or 2° of III of article L. 1121-16-1 may be dispensed by pharmacies, if they appear on the list referred to in the first paragraph o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Suspension and cancellation of financial instruments

Article L420-10

…f Articles 7 and 17 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse.The Autorité des marchés financiers shall require other trading platfo…

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