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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-6

The legal entities mentioned in article L. 6227-1 cover the costs of training their apprentices in the apprentice training centres that take them on, except where these legal entities are liable for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-64

The Registrar shall automatically mention in the register the discrepancy reported pursuant to Article L. 561-47-1 and specify the information relating to the beneficial owner to which the discrepancy…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-6

The deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1° bis, 1° ter, 1° quater and 2° of Article 21 are authorised to record the identity of offenders in order to draw up official reports concerning contr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-6

A Union nationale des associations agréées d'usagers du système de santé (National Union of Approved Associations of Users of the Healthcare System) may be set up, made up of associations of users of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article L744-6

On arrival at the detention centre, foreign nationals are notified of the rights they are likely to exercise with regard to their asylum application.To this end, they may benefit from legal and lingui…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-6

The sale of alcoholic beverages without having made the declaration required by articles L. 3332-3 or L. 3332-4-1, or the possession or sale of beverages from a group that does not correspond to the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : The EC quality assurance system for supervised production

Article R4313-62

The EC quality assurance system for production with surveillance is the procedure whereby a manufacturer: 1° has a quality assurance system approved by a notified body of his choice ; 2° entrusts this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Dedicated contribution to the financing of the personal training account for fixed-term contract holders

Article L6331-6

Employers pay a contribution dedicated to financing the personal training account equal to 1% of the income used to calculate social security contributions for fixed-term contract holders mentioned in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article L243-6

Any insurance undertaking which continues to refuse to underwrite a risk for which the premium has been set by the Bureau Central de Tarification shall be deemed no longer to be operating in accordanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-6

Articles L. 3112-1 and L. 3112-2 are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. For its application in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the first paragraph of article…

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