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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-318

…he management staff of the establishments mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, appointed on the propos…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31-1

I. - Notwithstanding articles R. 214-24 and R. 214-26, a feeder UCITS may invest up to 100% of its assets in units or shares of a single master UCITS governed by French or foreign law and hold up to 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…more of the following purposes : a) Shares, with the exception of those mentioned in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Code, or company investment certificates, cooperative investment certifi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article D214-32-31

…of FIAs governed by foreign law marketed in France under the conditions laid down in Article L. 214-24-1, may be admitted to trading on a regulated market for financial instruments defined in Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

…n the basis of the percentage of persons or companies meeting these conditions per episode. Account may also be taken of the nature of the jobs, the duration of the commitments and the amount of the s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-8

…article L. 115-6 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée and its service is accessi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Regulation of the activities of operators involved in the external funeral service

Article L2223-31

Authorised companies or associations may not use in their signs, advertisements or printed matter any terms or references which tend to create confusion with the régies, the delegates of the communes…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-31

…at make reproductions or representations of a protected work or object suitable for disabled people may refer to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique any dispute r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Referral procedure of the labour inspector.

Article L3132-31

The Labour Inspector may, notwithstanding any criminal proceedings, refer the matter to the court in summary proceedings in order to order all appropriate measures to put an end to the unlawful employ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The individual retirement savings plan giving rise to the opening of a securities account

Article L224-31

…opening of a securities account is opened with a credit institution or an investment firm. The plan may have only one holder. The plan may give rise to the opening of a cash account associated with th…

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