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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L4444-3

…4321-7 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Order no. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018, insofar as they concern students carrying out an activity as part of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VIII: Regulatory and supervisory bodies

Article R781-1

…"II. - Recovery of the contribution, penalty payments and sanctions provided for in articles L. 612-20, L. 612-25 and L. 612-39 to L. 612-41 is carried out by a State accountant under the conditions s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-133

…Measures for the rescue of persons in the event of slight injury or requiring external assistance; 20° The measures for withdrawing the installations and returning the site of the operation, specifyi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-32

…n recommending or suggesting an investment strategy, defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article D775-39

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 561-4-12022-110 of 1 February 2022D. 561-10-1No. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018D. 561-10-2no. 2020-1774 of 21 De…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-23

Where the family was already constituted in a Member State of the European Union where it was admitted for residence, the spouse and children of the foreign national holding the residence permit beari…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L2361-1

…o: 1° European Cooperative Societies constituted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society and having their registered o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-68

The right to ask questions in writing and to request in summary proceedings the appointment of one or more experts to present a report under the conditions provided for in the first two paragraphs of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-9

The provisions of 2° of article L. 2331-6 and those of 7° of article L. 2331-8 will come into force as from the 1997 financial year for fixed assets acquired as from 1 January 1996. For financial year…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Organisation

Article L4422-45

I. - The transfers of assets between the State and the territorial collectivity of Corsica provided for in III of Article L. 4424-7 and to articles L. 4424-22, L. 4424-23, L. 4424-24 and L. 4424-25 of…

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