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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-11

…eable development of the company concerned;3° the information referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 22 of Council Directive 77/91/EEC of 13 December 1976 on co-ordination of safeguards which, for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…ubcontracting; 2° Articles L. 1251-49 to L. 1251-53 and articles L. 7123-19, L. 7123-21 and L. 7123-22 of the French Labour Code; 3° Article L. 530-1 of the Insurance Code; 4° Du h de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-62

At his or her request, an employee who is a member of a labour tribunal and who works a continuous or discontinuous shift, all or part of which is completed between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., is compensated…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-14

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Social action and health (R).

Article R1614-29

…ablishment or service, taken by him pursuant to the Articles 37 to 43 and 46 de la loi n° 83-663 du 22 juillet 1983 complétant la loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition de compétences…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-2

…etting games on the basis of the provisions provided for in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses, the draft contract between the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L754-5

…d paragraph Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 313-21 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-22 Act 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 313-22-1Order no. 2016-131 of 10 February 2016 II-For the app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-16

…20, its composition complies with the diversification rules mentioned in I and II of Article R. 214-22;c) When the index is composed of other assets, its composition is diversified according to rules…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-13

…g is made up, on the one hand, of health care institutions mentioned in a, b or c of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code and, on the other hand, of health care institutions mentioned in d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-7

…to the said shop, complete the publicity formalities provided for in articles L. 141-21 and L. 141-22. If the creditor holding the lien or pledge has not notified an opposition by means of an entry a…

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