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

Article R511-21

…redit institution or finance company concerned of the draft resolutions mentioned in article R. 511-20 is governed by the rules of the French Commercial Code. In cases where the provisions of this cod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-21

…hecks and certifies that this list meets the conditions laid down in articles L. 1441-18 to L. 1441-20. The individual candidacy declarations of each candidate on the list are attached to the list of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and obligations of jobseekers

Article R5524-1

…° and 3° of article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "under article 20-8-1 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Caretakers and employees of residential buildings, domestic staff and personal services

Article R7524-2

For the application in Mayotte of articles D. 7231-1, R. 7232-20 and R. 7232-22, the words: "L. 241-10 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "28-8-1 of Ordinance no. 96-1122 of 20 De…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Hire purchase and hire with a promise to sell

Article L313-63

The provisions of article L. 314-20 are applicable to contracts subject to the provisions of this section.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Simplified group action procedure

Article R623-15

The provisions of articles R. 623-20 to R. 623-22 are applicable to this section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants.

Article D4241-25

…cretariat of the commission is provided by the decentralised authority mentioned in article D. 4241-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-4

…Code and the third and seventh paragraphs of I of article 41 of the Social Security Funding Act for 1999(no. 98-1194 of 23 December 1998).

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-1

…ly put an end to any conflict of interest, within the meaning ofparagraph 1 of article 2 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life, which may arise in the performance o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for public services.

Article L2512-5

…ned in article L. 2512-1 who are not subject to the provisions of article 1 of law no. 82-889 of 19 October 1982, the absence of service as a result of a concerted cessation of work entails, for each…

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