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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article A310-8

…ion is made under identical conditions of presentation to those provided, for the mention of the price, in articles 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 et 14 de l'arrêté du 3 décembre 1987 relatif à l'information du c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agreement on the duration of the contract

Article R6222-9

The tripartite agreement provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 6222-7-1 is not required in the cases provided for in articles L. 6222-11 and L. 6222-12-1, in 2° of article L. 6222-37 and in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-72

…inimum of fifteen members and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with Article L. 1424-26.The seats are distributed between:1° The Rhône department;2° The communes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-1-1

It is an offence for any manager of an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company or of one of the legal persons or subsidiaries referred to in Article L. 612-26 or for any…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-31

…contrôle prudentiel et de résolution exercises general supervision over transactions between insurance or reinsurance undertakings whose parent undertaking is a société de groupe mixte d'assurance and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article L693-1

Any foreign creditor or his agent or representative of his choice and, where applicable, the insolvency practitioners appointed to represent the interests of creditors in insolvency proceedings opened…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D314-25

Lenders shall ensure that the professional knowledge and skills of their staff are kept up to date, as part of ongoing training, through appropriate professional training, the minimum duration of whic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5721-7-1

…of the representative of the State in the department in which the syndicate has its registered office, after consulting each of its members. From the date of notification by the representative of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-17

…ht-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 523-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 523-2, with the exception of its h) Act 2013-672 of 26 July 201…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-25

…17, in the third paragraph of article L. 3123-26 and in article L. 4163-10 and according to the procedures provided for in article D. 3123-3. In support of his request, he must enclose the supporting…

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