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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Basic services and basic banking services.

Article D312-5-1

…le D. 312-5;2° Cash deposits and withdrawals at the counter of the organisation holding the account;3° A payment card, each use of which is authorised by the credit institution that issued it, enablin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of movable property by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R321-71

…te of the right to exercise the professional activity for which partial access has been authorised; 3° Where the conditions for partial access are no longer met. The interested party is notified of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-44

Where the replacement of the plan execution commissioner is requested by the public prosecutor or where the court is seised of its own motion for the same purpose, the interested party shall be summon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Auctions.

Article D514-17

Sales are carried out by the auctioneers attached to the establishment as appraisers. They are assisted, where necessary, by auctioneers and clerks chosen and paid by them. Failing this, sales are car…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monitoring weekly rest periods

Article R3172-1

…d to all or some of them: 1° On a day other than Sunday ; 2° From noon on Sunday to noon on Monday; 3° Or on Sunday afternoon, subject to compensatory rest; 4° In any other exceptional way permitted b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3165-2

Employing a young worker for an uninterrupted period of effective work of more than four and a half hours, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 3162-3, is punishable by the fine laid down for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-2

…rticular: 1° The purpose of the group constituting the institute ; 2° The identity of its members ; 3° The registered office ; 4° The rules governing the liability of members towards each other and to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-52

In the event of the withdrawal or entry of members, shareholders or members of the management, executive, administrative or supervisory bodies, the company shall apply to the High Council for a change…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Personal protection

Article R4434-7

…er the following conditions: 1° When exposure to noise exceeds the lower exposure values defined in 3° of Article R. 4431-2, the employer shall make individual hearing protectors available to workers;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Arrangements for access to individual dosimetric monitoring data

Article R4451-70

I.-The occupational physician, under his responsibility, may communicate, in application of Article L. 4451-2, to the radiation protection advisor information covered by medical confidentiality relati…

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