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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6-2

…ns mentioned inarticle L. 3253-14 of the Labour Code in application of articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-16 and L. 3253-18-1 of the same code are made by bank transfer. The payment of wages and salaries is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-170

…ppointed by the management company for five years under the conditions set out in article L. 214-24-16, after their candidacy has been accepted by the ordinary general meeting of shareholders. For the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Guarantor guarantee

Article D753-13

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29no. 2014-1316…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Guarantor guarantee

Article D752-12

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29no. 2014-1316…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Guarantor guarantee

Article D754-11

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29no. 2014-1316…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…f the Agence nationale de la sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may impose financial penalties on natural or legal persons producing or marketing veterinary medicin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-17

I.-The Director General of France Compétences may, in particular in the event of an alert being issued on the basis of the last paragraph of Article R. 6113-14, request any documents and evidence enab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-22

When the confiscation of a business is ordered by a criminal court pursuant to the articles 225-16, 225-19 and 225-22 of the criminal code and 706-39 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the State must…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-35

The mayor shall ensure that the persons responsible for the bathing water, other than the local authority or group of local authorities, comply with their obligations under the provisions of this sect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Schedules

Article R4251-13

…es of waste produced in the territory provided for respectively by 1° and 2° of I of Article R. 541-16 of the Environment Code, as well as the summary provided for in 6° of II of Article L. 541-13 of…

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