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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…R. 261-24 du code de la construction et de l'habitation et des articles 6 et 15 de la loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 définissant la location-accession à la propriété immobilière ; 6° Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-4

The provisions of Chapters IV and VI of Title II of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Articles L. 4124-7, L. 4124-9, L. 4124-10, L. 4124-11, as well as those of Articles L. 4132-5, L. 4142-3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The council of the communauté de communes.

Article L5214-8

Articles L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5, L. 2123-7 to L. 2123-16, L. 2123-18-2 and L. 2123-18-4, as well as article L. 2123-24-1 are applicable to the members of the council of the communauté de co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-12

The incompatibilities and incapacities provided for in Articles L. 222-9 to L. 222-11 apply to employees of a sports agent or of the company that he has set up to carry out his activity. It is forbidd…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-40

The persons called to the homologation hearing pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 611-9 may inspect the agreement at the court registry. The judgment does not repeat the terms of the agreem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains on securities realised by companies

Article 248 A

…resulting from the compensation provided for in articles 4,15,16 and 32 of the Nationalisation Act n° 82-155 of 11 February 1982 is not taken into account in determining taxable income for the financ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R822-72

…cles of Association comply with the requirements of articles 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. They also state: 1° The surname, first names and domicile of each mem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3135-4

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3134-3 to L. 3134-9 specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements or the decrees issued for their application is punishable by a fif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-4

Employing a worker under the age of eighteen on the work referred to in article L. 4153-9 in breach of the conditions set out in that article and in the decrees issued for its application is punishabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Limiting the number of public houses.

Article L3331-6

The owner of a leased premises may not, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, even if previously entered into, oppose the conversion, by the lessee or the transferee of the right to the lease…

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