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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

…authorisation of a credit institution at the request of the institution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, such withdrawal may also be decided b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R591-14

For the application of this book in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State in the collectivity and references to the prefe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the Metropolitan Council and its President

Article L3642-2

I. - 1. Without prejudice to Article L. 2212-2 of this Code and notwithstanding article L. 1311-2 and to the second paragraph of l'article L. 1331-1 du code de la santé publique, the President of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-8

Title IV of Book II of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 1243-8 and L. 1245-8, is applicable to Wallis and Futuna subject to the following adaptations:1° Article L. 1241-1 is applicable the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…ode, Book IX of the Social Security Code, the Mutual Code, Book III of the Consumer Code, Articles 26-4 to 26-8 of Law 65-557 of 10 July 1965 establishing the status of condominiums, approved codes of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article R112-4

For the purposes of article L. 112-2-1, the insurer must provide the policyholder with the following information: 1° The procedures for taking out the contract and paying the premium or contribution.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Site or operation contract

Article L1236-8

…is based on a real and serious cause. This termination is subject to the provisions of Articles L. 1232-2 to L. 1232-6, Chapter IV, Section 1 of Chapter V and Chapter VIII of this Title.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE ASSIGNED RESIDENCE

Article L731-1

…tely leave French territory but whose removal remains a reasonable prospect, in the following cases:1° The foreign national is the subject of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the adult critical care modality

Article D6124-28

…alisation sector of a critical care unit comprises a minimum number of beds determined as follows : 1° At least eight beds for the intensive care unit referred to in 1° of article R. 6123-34-1. In the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

…ormal notice, by any means capable of establishing the date of receipt, to the following operators: 1° Operators and natural or legal persons offering online investment services that are not authorise…

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