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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Environment and local services

Article R4424-32-1

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R4623-2

…in application ofarticle 28 of law no. 98-535 of 1st July 1998 orarticle 189 of law no. 2002-73 of 17th January 2002 on social modernisation; 3° Hold a qualification in occupational health and risk p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7

…erall multi-annual financing plan and the proposed tariffs for the services mentioned in article L. 174-3 of the Social Security Code and, where appropriate, those for social and medico-social activit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L784-10

…es In the wording resulting from L. 621-18 Act 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 621-18-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 621-18-2 law no. 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-18-3 Order no. 2020-1142…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-10

…n the wording resulting from L. 621-18 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 621-18-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 621-18-2 law no. 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-18-3 Order no. 2020-1142…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article A37-33

…rnal departments of [operator identification]. In accordance with articles 39 et seq. of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, any person may obtain c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-7

…e meaning of Article 11 of Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions, provided that such sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article L710-1

…d the export of their production, in partnership with the agency mentioned in article 50 of law no. 2003-721 of 1 August 2003 ;4° A mission to promote initial or continuing vocational training, in par…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-2

…of a book in the database is without prejudice to the application of articles L. 132-12 and L. 132-17.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-1

…insurance contracts are governed by the provisions of this Title, with the exception of Articles L. 172-5, L. 172-11, L. 172-17, L. 172-26, L. 173-7, L. 173-13 (4°) and L. 173-21 (2°).

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