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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Mutual credit

Article L512-58

The provisions of articles L. 512-55 to L. 512-57 are applicable to the caisses de crédit mutuel of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, governed by the local law of 1 May 1889, as amended, on cooperative…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with measures taken for the automatic enforcement of a removal order

Article L824-5

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment for a foreign national placed under house arrest pursuant to 6° or 7° of article L. 731-3 or articles L. 731-4 or L. 731-5 to fail to comply with the obliga…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-54

The application for approval is accompanied by the following information: 1° The general subscription conditions for the package offered to the spectator; 2° The list of cinemas in which the package w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Authorisation to occupy the public domain constituting rights in rem

Article L1311-5

I. - Local authorities may issue authorisations for temporary occupation of their public property, constituting rights in rem, with a view to carrying out an operation of general interest falling with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L947-5

Article L. 723-2 is worded as follows: "Art. L. 723-2 -I.-The representatives referred to in Article L. 723-1 applicable in French Polynesia must hold positions in the company either as chairman and c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50

The authorisation referred to in I of Article L. 532-1 may be refused by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if the organisation and operation, as well as the internal control system,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article R4002-5

In the case of an application for partial access for the purpose of establishing or providing a service, the competent authority shall refuse to issue the authorisation requested if it considers that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

I. - Establishments or organisations authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in application of article L. 1243-2, may obtain, for therapeutic purposes, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-5

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the age of admission set out in articles L. 4153-1 to L. 4153-5 and the decrees implementing them is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offenc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-58

The application for provisional approval must be accompanied by the following information and supporting documents:1° A presentation of the cinematographic or audiovisual work in French or English, in…

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