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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-10

…g period of a reasonable and sufficient duration, which may not be less than 150 hours. The work placement, the principles of which are set out in article R. 512-11, must be carried out : a) With an i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Foodstuffs intended for special medical purposes

Article L5137-1

…nded for infants and young children, foods for special medical purposes and total daily ration replacements for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article R513-1-A

…ities, subject to authorisation by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, in accordance with the conditions defined by this Authority. The application for authorisation submitted to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1251-1

…rs of activity in which assignment contracts may be concluded for jobs for which it is common practice not to use open-ended employment contracts, due to the nature of the activity carried out and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Radiation protection inspector

Article R1333-169

…d in the second paragraph of Article L. 1333-29 are appointed :1° By order of the Minister for Defence, on the proposal of the delegate for nuclear safety and radiation protection for defence-related…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-13

…nted by the members of the board of directors; d) The departmental director of fire and rescue services or his representative. The commission's secretariat is provided by an official from the prefectu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Penalties (R).

Article R1611-13

…ls specified in article R. 1611-6, to each distributing authority or establishment the list of service providers provided for in the fifth paragraph of article R. 1611-6;- not to send the distributor,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial organisation (R).

Article R1611-9

The credit institutions, organisations or services mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 1611-6 issue a certificate in duplicate to each issuer who opens a "personalised support voucher acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-1

…r for involuntary hospitalisation made pursuant to article 706-135 of this code is immediately enforceable, without prejudice to the possibility of referring the matter to the liberty and custody judg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-2

The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall define and implement procedures, adapted to the money laundering and terrorist financing risks to which they are exposed, enabling them to determine whe…

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