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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L752-16

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L754-15

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-11

A budget controller shall exercise control over the bodies provided for in Article D. 5427-4 in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Decree no. 55-763 of 26 May 1955.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-8

…pean Securities and Markets Authority when these requests relate to the implementation of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011. The Autorité des marchés fi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-1

…ose whose legal deposit or publication in the form of a digital book, within the meaning of Law no. 2011-590 of 26 May 2011 relating to the price of digital books, are after 1 January 2016, no later t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion.

Article R161-2

…of French Guiana and the Assembly of Martinique created in application of the provisions of Act No. 2011-884 of 27 July 2011.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion.

Article R241-1

…of French Guiana and the Assembly of Martinique created in application of the provisions of Act No. 2011-884 of 27 July 2011.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion.

Article R441-1

…of French Guiana and the Assembly of Martinique created in application of the provisions of Act No. 2011-884 of 27 July 2011.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-9

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 29(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 201…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-2

…days: 1° 27 April in Mayotte ; 2° 22 May in Martinique ; 3° 27 May in Guadeloupe and Saint-Martin ; 4° 10 June in French Guiana ; 5° On 9 October in Saint-Barthélemy ; 6° On 20 December in Réunion.

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