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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26-1

I.-Sociétés de crédit foncier may use the "European covered bond" label for the "obligations foncières" and other senior debt referred to in Article L. 513-2, paragraph 2 of the first paragraph that t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3-1

…Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, or to a declaration or notification, as the case may be, under the conditions laid down by an order of the Minister responsible for the economy.Where…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article L2212-1

…al Training) will assist in the creation and implementation of such training courses. These courses may be attended by judicial or administrative magistrates and other civil servants. These training c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-9

…employees they comprise. Negotiations begin as soon as the special negotiating body is set up. They may continue for the following six months, unless the parties decide, by mutual agreement, to extend…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions.

Article L3222-1

…sional equality between women and men is re-established in the company in question. The adjournment may also include an injunction to the employer to implement the measures defined within the same tim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-12

…l expertise or quality control or assessment, in particular of in vitro diagnostic medical devices, may import or export biological samples. Only organisations authorised by the Minister for Research…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-1

…this declaration is sent by the indirect taxation authorities to the Minister for Health. No change may be made to the composition of a declared beverage or to its method of manufacture unless it has…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-5

A doctor, dental practitioner or midwife may use his evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. They must indicate the place and establishment where they obtaine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-3-1

…ittee of a departmental, regional or inter-regional council or of the national council of the ordre may receive an allowance.The members of a departmental, regional or inter-regional council or of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article L4135-1

Doctors or medical teams in the same speciality working in health care institutions may request that the quality of their professional practice be accredited under the conditions set out in article L.…

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