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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-4

The minutes or reports of an investigation or any other document from criminal proceedings that is directly related to facts that may be submitted to the AMF Enforcement Committee for review may be di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-5

In order to facilitate the exercise of supplementary supervision and their respective supervisory tasks, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall enter into coordination agreements w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2455

A third-party purchaser who is not personally liable for the debt may oppose the sale of the property if other properties mortgaged to the same debt are still in the possession of the principal debtor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan.

Article L3333-2

An inter-company savings plan may be set up by collective agreement concluded under the conditions set out in Book II of Part Two. If this plan is set up between several individual employers, it may a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L4131-1

The worker shall immediately alert the employer to any work situation which he has reasonable cause to believe presents a serious and imminent danger to his life or health, as well as to any defect he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-23-1

An exception may be made to the maximum duration for which aid for professional integration is granted, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by regulation, either when the aid concern…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69-1

The employment contract associated with aid for professional integration granted under an initiative-employment contract, concluded for a fixed period, may be extended for a total period of twenty-fou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5224-1

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 5221-4 is punishable by a fine of €3,000. The court may also impose the following additional penalties: 1° A ban on working as a temporary employmen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Pharmacy inspection.

Article L5127-5

The inspectors referred to in article L. 5127-1 may not engage in any other professional activity, unless it is carried out exclusively in a health establishment. However, they may belong to the teach…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Activities, holidays.

Article L850

For the purposes of this provision, sick leave and the leave referred to in articles L. 880 and L. 881 are considered as service completed. The administration retains complete freedom to stagger leave…

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