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

Article L513-2

…nt or acquire guaranteed loans, exposures to public entities and securities, deposits and exposures as defined in articles L. 513-3 to L. 513-7 ; 2° For the financing of these categories of loans, exp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-32

…nternal procedures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, taking into account the risk assessment provided for in Article L. 561-4-1. Taking into account the volume and nature of their bu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Investments

Article R353-1

I.- For the entire portfolio of assets, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall invest only in assets and instruments presenting risks which they can identify, measure, monitor, manage, control a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6242-1

…on not to refer to the administrative court an act of the authorities of the local authority which has been transmitted to him pursuant to the articles LO 6241-1 and L. 6241-5. The State representativ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6342-1

…on not to refer to the administrative court an act of the authorities of the local authority which has been transmitted to him pursuant to the articles LO 6341-1 and L. 6341-5. The State representativ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Article R4534-110

…ks, excavations, drilling or excavation work must find out from the relevant road authority in the case of work on public property, from the owner in the case of work on private property and, in all c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-18

…cian is envisaged, or in the event of the termination of his fixed-term employment contract in the cases provided for in article L. 4623-5-1, the social and economic committee, the inter-company commi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Employees

Article R6341-32-1

…State of the remuneration maintained for trainees by their employers may not exceed: 1° 50% in the case of job creation or modification of the production process; 2° 70% in the case of a reduction in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Unjustified geographical blocking

Article L132-24-1

…f 28 February 2018 on addressing unjustified geographic blocking and other forms of discrimination based on the nationality, residence or place of establishment of customers in the internal market and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial organisation

Article L114-14

…ry to laws and regulations or likely to undermine the operation of the public sports service. The reasoned decision is communicated to the author of the act without delay. II - Subject to the specific…

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