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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the vocational training account

Article R4163-18

When the holder of a professional prevention account wishes to top up his personal training account under 1° of I of article L. 4163-7, he must attach to his application for training a document specif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation to practise for holders of training qualifications obtained in the province of Quebec

Article D4221-14-1

Pharmacists holding evidence of formal qualifications obtained in the province of Quebec must send an application for authorisation to practise in application of article L. 4221-7 by registered letter…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-2

Services related to investment services include: 1. Custody account-keeping of financial instruments on behalf of third parties and ancillary services such as the keeping of cash accounts correspondin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R654-3

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the superior administrator of the Wallis and Futuna Islands; 2° References…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L784-9

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-149

I.-The companies mentioned in 11° and 13° of article R. 5142-1 declare the following information for the sale of medicated feedingstuffs containing one or more antibiotic substances: 1° The number of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-1

Investment services relate to the financial instruments listed in Article L. 211-1 and the units referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code and include the following services and activi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional and nuclear risks.

Article L431-5

The State guarantee may be granted to the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in respect of its reinsurance of risks covered by insurance or the financial guarantee pursuant to article L. 597-7 of the Envi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article D214-11

The period provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-3

The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book I of this Part are applicable to the French Southern and Antarctic Territories subject to the following adaptations: 1° In the sixth paragraph of article…

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