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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-15-3

The Autorité des marchés financiers may oppose the proposed acquisition only if there are reasonable grounds for doing so based solely on the criteria set out in Article R. 532-15-1, or if the informa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1238-4

Dismissal without notifying the administrative authority in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 1233-46 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros, imposed as many times as there are empl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure.

Article D2573-32

I. - The articles R. 2321-1 to R. 2321-3 and R. 2321-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III and IV. II. - For the application of Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article R621-43-1

…or ally who has been living at home for at least one year on the date of the transaction concerned;4° Any legal person or entity, other than the person referred to in the first paragraph of Article L…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for awarding contracts concluded on the basis of a qualification system

Article R2162-35

…all for competition is made by means of a notice on the existence of a qualification system, access to the consultation documents shall be provided as soon as possible and no later than the date on wh…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for awarding contracts concluded on the basis of a qualification system

Article R2162-36

…on a buyer profile because the contracting entity imposes requirements on the selected participants to protect the confidentiality of certain information, the contracting entity shall indicate in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment by the user company at the end of an assignment.

Article L1251-38

When the user company hires, after an assignment, an employee made available to it by a temporary employment agency, the length of the assignments completed with this agency during the three months pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article R41-4

…forty-five day opposition period runs from the date on which the registered letter is sent, subject to the provisions of the fifth paragraph of article 495-3. In the event of notification by the publi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification of claims.

Article L625-4

…e institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 du code du travail refuse for any reason whatsoever to settle a claim appearing on a statement of claims arising from an employment contract, they shall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-2

…neficial owner is the natural person(s): 1° who ultimately controls, directly or indirectly, the customer ; 2° or for whom a transaction is executed or an activity carried out. A decree of the Conseil…

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