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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial interim relief.

Article L4732-1

…and IV and Chapter III of Title V of Book I ; 2° Title II of Book II ; 3° Book III ; 4° Livre IV ; 5° Title I, Chapters III and IV of Title III and Title IV of Book V. The judge may also order the te…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-4

…wal, specifying in particular whether this action is based on one of the grounds mentioned in 1° to 5° of Article L. 5121-9. If its action is based on one of the same grounds, it must also inform the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-85

…d 3° of article R. 214-83, up to a limit of 20% of the real estate assets mentioned in 1° to 3° and 5° of the I of article L. 214-36. Notwithstanding article R. 214-83, the assets of a real estate inv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: National master plan for blood transfusion organisation and regional blood transfusion organisation plans

Article R1222-48

…ts; 4° Sites for distributing labile blood products to health establishments running a blood depot; 5° The labile blood product distribution sites of the blood establishment; 6° The list of health est…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-10-1

The services mentioned in the last sentence of the last paragraph of article L. 444-2, for which the rate of the discount may, over and above the amount of the fee set by the order mentioned in articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R6123-3-2

…tting quality standards for bodies participating in the regional public vocational guidance service;5° The annual coordination agreement relating to the public vocational guidance service concluded be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Seniority requirements

Article D6323-9-2

In order to benefit from a professional transition project under the conditions mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 6323-17-1 of the French Labour Code, the employee must prove that: 1° The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-3

Any person who disregards one of the prohibitions set out in articles L. 511-5 and L. 511-8 is liable to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The court may order the posting or broad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-8

Any natural or legal person mentioned in I of article L. 312-1 who has opened a deposit account with an institution designated in accordance with the procedure defined in III of the same article may b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L131-1-1

Any breach of the pre-contractual information obligations mentioned in 5° of article L. 111-1 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a lega…

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