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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L775-6

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other institutions

Article L783-6

Article L. 615-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, as amended byOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other institutions

Article L784-6

Article L. 615-1 is applicable in French Polynesia, as amended byOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-8

The period referred to in article

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-8

Where performance is taken into account, the variable remuneration granted and paid to the categories of staff referred to in Article L. 533-30 shall be determined on the basis of a combined assessmen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-8

Providing samples of medicinal products is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €75,000: 1° To persons not authorised to prescribe or dispense medicinal products in the context of in-ho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Secondment of employees to trade union organisations

Article L2135-8

A collective bargaining agreement, a collective branch agreement or a company agreement determines the conditions under which employees may be seconded to trade unions or employers' associations.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employee participation in the nation's economic development.

Article L3231-8

In no case may the annual increase in the purchasing power of the minimum growth wage be less than half the increase in the purchasing power of average hourly wages recorded by the quarterly survey co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-86-1

Where the account holder is a sole trader with limited liability, the provisions of this section apply :- to accounts relating to unrestricted assets where the payment incident is the result of a cheq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-4

Unless otherwise stipulated in the fund rules, unitholders or their beneficiaries may not cause the fund to be split.

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