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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-1

…1-2. Ia -Any natural person who manages an AIF mentioned in II or in 1° and 2° of III of article L. 214-24 without having been authorised to do so under the conditions set out in article L. 532-9 is l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4363-2

…mmit the offence or of the thing that is the product of the offence, in accordance with article 131-21 of the Criminal Code; c) permanent disqualification, or disqualification for a maximum of five ye…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2631-1

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I to Saint-Martin :1° In article R. 2122-1, references to articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-7

…taff jobs in university hospitals are allocated in accordance with the provisions of article L. 952-21. The revision of teaching and hospital staff numbers takes into account public health needs, on t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations.

Article D452-2

…ry or permanent ban on exercising an activity or service, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 621-15 or under a sanction imposed before 24 November 2003 by the Commission des Opérations de Bourse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R752-4

…92 of 28 August 2015R. 312-20 with the exception of a) of 1° of IVn° 2023-631 of 20 July 2023R. 312-21 and R. 312-22, with the exception of the penultimate paragraph of its In° 2015-1092 of 28 August…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

The compulsory prior mediation procedure provided for byArticle L. 213-11 of the Code of Administrative Justice is applicable to appeals brought against the following individual decisions taken by Pôl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Content of the contract

Article 1164

In framework contracts, it may be agreed that the price will be set unilaterally by one of the parties, with the onus on that party to justify the amount in the event of a dispute. In the event of abu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Opposition to the hiring of apprentices.

Article L6225-2

In the event of opposition to the hiring of apprentices, the administrative authority decides whether current contracts may continue to be performed. The same applies in the event of a transfer of emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-34

In the event of an infringement of the provisions concerning child labour set out in this chapter, the court may, depending on the circumstances and only in the event of a repeat offence, order that t…

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