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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-6

…gulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirements set out in Articles 92a and 92b thereof; 2°a If it is a class 2 or class…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-57

…y out one of the activities listed in article R. 1423-55 before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m. or who have ceased their professional activity receive an allowance for their shifts, the hourly rate of which i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions for the application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article L711-5

…his Code in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations in this Book : 1° References to the provisions of the Civil Code, the Commercial Code and the Trade and Companies Register ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L6222-5

Where a minor apprentice is employed by an ascendant, the apprenticeship contract is replaced by a declaration signed by the employer. This declaration is treated in all respects as an apprenticeship…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-5

The application for authorisation to exploit a natural mineral water source, provided for inarticle L. 1322-1, concerning a project for packaging, use for therapeutic purposes in a spa establishment o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-51

The procedures for applying the provisions of Article D. 2224-50 are specified by order of the Minister responsible for energy; they may be adapted according to the number of customers served by the n…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L591-5

…application of this book in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in Articles L. 552-6 and L. 552-7, the reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Revolving credit

Article L312-59

For the application of Article L. 312-6, the content and presentation methods of the representative example for revolving credit are specified by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-6

The disciplinary penalties that the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance may impose are as follows:1° A warning ;2° a reprimand3° A temporary ban, with or without a suspended sentence, or a permanen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-6

…s.At the first meeting of the deliberative body, immediately after the election of the president, vice-presidents and other members of the bureau, the president reads out the charter for local elected…

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