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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-9

…wording resulting from L. 515-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 515-1-1 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 515-2 and L. 515-4 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 515-5 Order no. 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article R122-6

…arried out by their employees or those of their agents or the persons referred to in Article L. 525-8 prior to any over-the-counter issue of euro banknotes received from the public, as well as the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-12

…out in I of article L. 341-4 and the nature of the transactions for which they have been authorised;8° The expiry date of the mandate.The information mentioned above is made available to the public, w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L8291-2

In the event of failure to comply with the obligation to declare referred to in Article L. 8291-1, the employer or, where applicable, the user undertaking shall be liable to an administrative fine. Fa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competent administrative authority

Article R1233-3-5

…ts proposed redundancies in application of article L. 1233-46. In application of article L. 1233-57-8, the competent Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-10

…tional Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) referred to in 1° of article L. 1221-8. II. - The provision of free samples also complies with the following conditions: 1° Each supply o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-3

The mandate given pursuant to Article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-1

…compensation de la taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de l'article 6 de la loi n° 86-1317 du 30 décembre 1986 modifiée portant loi de finances initiales pour 1987 ; 3° The estimated…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article D1617-23

…with the provisions of articles L. 252 A of the tax procedures book and articles R. 2342-4, R. 3342-8-1 et R. 4341-4 du présent code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article A36-13

…de Vaucluse, des Vosges et de l'Yonne ; 7° Seventy jurors for the assize court of French Polynesia; 8° Fifty jurors for the assize court of New Caledonia; 9° One hundred jurors for the other assize co…

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