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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope, definitions and professional and organisational requirements

Article R511-3

I - The remuneration referred to in III of article L. 521-1 refers to any commission, fee, other type of payment or benefit of any kind, economic or otherwise, offered or provided in connection with i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-3

Compensation must be requested from the investigating or trial court before it rules on the public prosecution. The application shall be the subject of a request dated and signed by the applicant or h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Member of the Special Negotiating Body, the European Works Council, the European Company Committee, the Committee of the European Cooperative Society or the Committee of the Company resulting from the cross-border merger

Article L2435-3

Breaking the employment contract of an employee who is a member of the special negotiating body or of an employee who is a member of the committee of the European Cooperative Society, in disregard of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-3

The application submitted by the electors of the section pursuant to articles L. 2411-3, L. 2411-4, L. 2411-6, L. 2411-11, L. 2411-16 and L. 2412-1, is expressed either by a collective letter, or by i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article D773-37

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article D775-36

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 54-10-1n° 2019-1213 of 21 November 2019D. 54-10-2No. 2021-446 of 15 April 2021D. 54-10-3, D. 54-10-5 to D.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article D774-37

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4363-3

The unauthorised use of the title of hearing aid acoustician, optician-monitor, ortho-prosthetist, chiropodist-orthotist, ocularist, epithesist or orthopaedic-orthotist or of a diploma, certificate or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article R561-37

I. - For the purposes of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 561-30-2, the TRACFIN department shall inform the person designated pursuant to I of Article R. 561-23 , in writing and by any means, of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-3

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 3324-2, the added value of banking and insurance companies is determined as follows: 1° For credit institutions and finance companies, by banking income ex…

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