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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-37

…ue of the samples taken shall be paid automatically, under the conditions set out in article L. 512-24, unless the owner has waived reimbursement.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order.

Article R237-15

…cond paragraph of Article L. 237-21, in article L. 237-23, in the third paragraph of article L. 237-24, in the second paragraph of article L. 237-25, as well as II of article L. 237-27. The president…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article L128-1

…aux de commerce is authorised to implement an automated national file of those banned from managing.Maintaining this file is a public service mission performed by the Conseil national des greffiers de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Electronic voting.

Article D4233-12

…ation of said data processing operations under the conditions defined by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to data processing, data files and individual liberties.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-3

…ce with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010, refer the matter to the European Banking Authority within a timeframe and subject…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Securities lending

Article L211-22

The provisions of article L. 211-24 are applicable to loans of financial securities that meet the following conditions: 1. The loan relates to financial securities; 2. The loan relates to financial se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-25

…a contract in progress or at the end of the trial period defined in articles L. 1221-19 to L. 1221-24 or in article L. 1242-10 for contracts stipulating a trial period of at least one week, the emplo…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R133-13

…nsible for the operation of the Office under the conditions set out in articles R. 2221-22, R. 2221-24, R. 2221-28 and R. 2221-29 of the General Local Authorities Code. Within the limits of the posts…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification, publication and filing.

Article L2231-5-1

…collective company retirement savings plans as well as the agreements mentioned in articles L. 1233-24-1 and L. 2254-2 are not subject to the publication provided for in this article.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-2

…valid until the next publication of the lists referred to in article L. 7343-4 and article L. 7343-24 respectively. IV-Any vacancy for any reason whatsoever, or loss of the capacity in respect of whi…

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