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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-41

The costs referred to in article L. 5424-15 are equalised by the Union des caisses de France-Congés intempérie BTP and by the paid leave funds provided for in article D. 3141-12, under the conditions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

…ional auditing standards adopted by the European Commission under the conditions defined by Article 26 of Directive 2006/43/EC of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Third-party financing companies.

Article R518-71

…customers, in particular with regard to the applicable provisions of the Consumer Code and articles 26-4 to 26-10 of the aforementioned Act no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965. The AMF will refuse authorisatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Monitoring compliance with obligations and penalties

Article R561-40

For the application of 14° of I of Article L. 561-36, the competent administrative authority for monitoring compliance by the persons mentioned in 8°, 11° and 15° of Article L. 561-2 with the obligati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L322-4

Any person shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for any of the following offences: 1° (repealed)2° Maintaining in operation an establishment where one or more physical…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Sports events on public roads or roads open to public traffic not involving the use of motor vehicles.

Article A331-25

The minimum amount of insurance cover provided for in article R. 331-14 is set :-6,100,000 per claim for compensation for personal injury;-for compensation for damage to property: 15,000 euros per cla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.

Article R441-7

The economic sectors defined in III of Article L. 441-15 are: 1° The motor industry sector listed under division 29 of section C of the French activity nomenclature; >The construction sector listed un…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28

I.-The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in I of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of I of arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.

Article R464-16

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L1431-6

…eration establishments of an administrative nature are subject to the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale.II. -…

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