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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-65

The provisions of 3° to 9° and 11° of article L. 214-24-31 and article L. 214-24-47 apply under the same conditions to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article L628-6

The opening of accelerated safeguard proceedings only has effect in respect of the parties mentioned in Article L. 626-30 directly affected by the draft plan mentioned in the second paragraph of Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-6

The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 6147-1 and L. 6147-2 shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and, unless otherwise provided and insofar as is necessary, the procedures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-6

Where appropriate, the Disciplinary Board will impose one of the following penalties:1° A warning ;2° A reprimand with an entry in the file;3° A temporary or permanent ban on serving any or all suppli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article L4002-5

When practising the activities to which partial access has been granted, the professional shall enjoy the same rights, be subject to the same obligations and incur the same civil, disciplinary and cri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5111-6

The creation of a syndicate of communes referred to in Article L. 5212-1 or a mixed syndicate referred to in l'article L. 5711-1 or to article L. 5721-1 may only be authorised by the State representat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Timeshare contract.

Article L1252-5

When the employee is made available outside mainland France, the timeshare contract contains a clause covering the repatriation of the employee at the expense of the timeshare company.This clause beco…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Right to communicate

Article L744-5

In each place of detention, the detained foreign national may confer confidentially with his lawyer in a room set aside for this purpose. This room shall be accessible in all circumstances at the requ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Mobility vouchers

Article L3261-5

The payment referred to in articles L. 3261-3 and L. 3261-3-1 may take the form of a specific, dematerialised, prepaid payment solution called a "titre-mobilité". These vouchers are issued by a specia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise a professional activity

Article L7227-6

No dismissal, professional downgrading or disciplinary sanction may be imposed for absences resulting from the application of articles L. 7227-1 and L. 7227-2, on pain of nullity and damages to the el…

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