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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D754-4

Article D. 313-1-A is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-1115 of 2 October 2014.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article D23-10-2

…ee information meeting at the end of which employees sign the attendance register for this meeting; 2° By posting. The date of receipt of the information is that affixed by the employee on a register…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-27

The competent public prosecutor, pursuant to the provisions of Article 706-53-10, to order, at the request of the person concerned, the rectification or deletion of the information contained in the fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-1

…s medical strategy and the group's shared medical project, and participates in their implementation;2° It helps to draw up the regional policy for continuous improvement in the quality, safety and app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Employers not established in France

Article D1273-9

The provisions of articles D. 1272-1 to D. 1272-5 are applicable to the companies mentioned in II of article L. 243-1-2 of the Social Security Code, which have opted to use an employment voucher. The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Withholding taxes and levies on income from securities

Article 1672

1. The withholding tax provided for in 1 of Article 119 bis shall be paid by the person making the distribution, who shall be responsible for withholding the amount from the sums paid to the beneficia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L947-5

…ioned in I of the same article and the representatives of the natural or legal persons mentioned in 2° of I of this article must be nationals of a Member State of the European Community. They must, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds

Article L214-139

Unless otherwise stipulated, the provisions of articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-27 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-26-2 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article R2372-5

…er State on the special negotiating body is equal to : 1° Up to 10% of the total workforce: 1 seat; 2° From more than 10% to 20% of the total workforce: 2 seats; 3° From more than 20% to 30% of the to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-3

The balance sheet value of the shares and units referred to in 6°, 7° to 7°c of Article R. 332-2 and of any other security not admitted to trading on a regulated market may not exceed 30% of the dispe…

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