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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

I. - To finance the operations referred to in Article L. 513-29, housing finance companies may issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

…tatutory purpose includes defending or assisting children at risk and victims of all forms of abuse may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of intentional attacks on life and limb,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-21

…ial flows to the company and the environmental consequences of the company's activity.The agreement may also include in the database the information required for the mandatory negotiations provided fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

…for in the budget for the current year is known.During the course of the year, one or more twelfths may be paid in advance if the funds available to the Lyon metropolitan authority are temporarily ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-11

…in articles L. 1243-2, L. 4211-8 and L. 4211-9. A non-EU Member State importing a medicinal product may make the same applications.The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de san…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L752-3

The Government may, by decree, define the maximum amounts that banking establishments may charge individuals in New Caledonia for the following banking services: 1° Opening, maintaining and closing an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L753-3

The Government may, by decree, define the maximum amounts that banking establishments may charge individuals in French Polynesia for the following banking services: 1° Opening, maintaining and closing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Prevention of healthcare-associated infections

Article R1524-6

…pplicable to the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2017-885 of 9 May 2017, subject to the following adaptations: 1° Article R. 1413-79 is amended a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-161

…months. At the discretion of the bodies mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5134-19-1, this period may be less than six months if this is justified by the training pathway of the persons concerned, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-14

The Central Council of Section E is made up of members appointed or elected for a six-year term.It comprises :1° The chairmen of the delegations ;2° The representatives provided for in article L. 4232…

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