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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-6

I. - Title III and Title III bis of Book I of this Part are applicable to Wallis and Futuna subject to the adaptations set out in II:1° Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6 shall apply in Wallis and Futuna…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12

…financial product subject to other provisions relating to credit institutions or consumer credit in terms of information requirements, this service is not subject to the information requirements set o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-9

…e Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique with the data kept pursuant to 1° of II bis of Article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code shall be the subject of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1788 E

…egistration number issued pursuant to Article 290 B may be withdrawn: 1° When the operator of a dematerialisation platform has been sanctioned under IV of article 1737 or II of article 1788 D on at le…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Loan guarantees

Article L3231-4

…ous paragraph do not apply to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a département to the general interest organisations referred to in articles 200 and 238 bis of the General Tax Code or to organisat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L5211-61

A public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status may transfer any competence to a syndicate of communes or a mixed syndicate whose perimeter includes the entire community p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article L5424-1

…of employment is involuntary or assimilated to an involuntary loss of employment or in the event of termination by mutual agreement of their employment relationship with their employer, and when they…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-1

…tissement may also include cash or cash equivalents consisting of cash held on account, invested in term accounts, savings bonds issued by a bank or financial institution, treasury bills, negotiable d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Declaration and approval of organisations

Article L7232-1-2

…laid down by Articles L. 7232-1-1, L. 7233-2 and L. 7233-3: 1° For their home help activities: a) Intermediary associations ; a bis) Neighbourhood associations. A decree defines the conditions for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8-1

…acquirer and the financial soundness of the proposed acquisition, applying all of the following criteria, in order to ensure that the investment firm targeted by the proposed acquisition has sound an…

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