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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Registration and deregistration

Article L752-2

…rom personal recovery pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 741-2, L. 741-6, L. 741-7 ou L. 742-22.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences

Article L752-21

…same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 353-1 and 2 law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 353-3 Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 353-4 law no. 2009-526 of 12 May 2009 L. 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences

Article L753-21

…table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 353-1 and L. 353-2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 353-3 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 353-4 law no. 2009-526 of 12 May 2009 L. 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences

Article L754-20

…same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 353-1 and 2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 353-3 Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 353-4 law no. 2009-526 of 12 May 2009 L. 3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-3

…whom the documents provided for in the fourth paragraph of 2° of article 2 of Decree no. 64-1333 of 22 December 1964, as amended, relating to the recovery of fines and financial penalties by the accou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising establishments performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-27

…stablishment pursuant to Article L. 2131-4 covers all three activities mentioned in Article R. 2131-22-2. The establishment is authorised, for a period of five years, by the Director General of the Ag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of unemployment insurance agreements

Article R5422-16

Approval of the agreements referred to in Article L. 5422-22 is granted by the Prime Minister, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission nationale de la négociation collective, de l'emploi et de l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to sociétés en commandite par actions (partnerships limited by shares)

Article R22-10-40

I.-The remuneration policy referred to in I of article L. 22-10-76 includes the following information, relating to the executive manager or managers as a whole: 1° The way in which it respects the com…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 20: Reinforced official import controls

Article R412-36

…le L. 412-1: 1° The provisions of Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary reinforcement of official controls and emergency measures governing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-58

…urchase shares may only be granted to the persons referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-185 unless the company meets at least one of the following conditions in respect of the financia…

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