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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article D774-11

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-15

The term of office of a director expires at the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of shareholders called to approve the financial statements for the previous financial year and held in the year in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cases of force majeure.

Article L1234-12

…tion to respect the notice period and to pay the redundancy compensation provided for in article L. 1234-9.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-112

The application must be accompanied by : 1° For medicinal products imported for research involving the human person, an acknowledgement of receipt of the application sent to the Agence nationale de sé…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-15

The guarantee fund of the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 authorised to operate one or more of the classes referred to in 20 to 28 of Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 11: Member of the board or administrator of a social security fund.

Article L2412-11

…mployment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inArticle L. 231-11 of the Social Security Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15

I. - For the purposes of II of Article L. 533-12, the information provided to clients is as follows:1° Where they provide the investment service referred to in 5° of Article L. 321-1, investment servi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

…advanced expense of the Treasury, of property for which confiscation is provided for by the article 131-21 of the Penal Code without divesting the owner or holder thereof. The investigating judge may,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Appointment of representatives

Article L7343-12

…applicable, the Labour Relations Authority for Employment Platforms referred to in Article L. 7345-1 shall communicate the names of these representatives to the platform with which they have a contra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7125-15

…he exercise of elected representatives' right to training, under the conditions set by articles L. 7125-12 to L. 7125-16 may only take place if the organisation providing the training course or sessio…

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