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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article D774-32

…rsion resulting from the decreeD. 548-1No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022D. 548-3-1no. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article D784-19

…applicableIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 621-37-1-2 and D. 621-37-1-3n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article D6152-546

Associate midwives benefit, under the same conditions as staff governed by decree no. 89-611 of 1st September 1989 on the special status of hospital civil service midwives: 1° from flat-rate allowance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-4

…cond paragraph of article L. 2411-3, in article L. 2411-11, the second paragraph of article L. 2411-16 and the eighth paragraph of article L. 2412-1. The prefect informs the mayor of the commune, who…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-6

…xceed eight hours, except in the cases provided for in Article L. 3122-17 or where Articles L. 3132-16 to L. 3132-19 apply.In addition, in exceptional circumstances, the Labour Inspector may authorise…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of management (R)

Article R2221-71

…lt the operations of the public service authority. In this case, the provisions of articles R. 2221-16 and R. 2221-17 apply.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-3

…erred to in Article L. 345-2 are drawn up in accordance with the rules laid down by Articles L. 233-16, L. 233-17-1 and L. 233-18 to L. 233-27 of the French Commercial Code. Undertakings which, althou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing

Article L313-9

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article 3-1 of decree no. 53-960 of 30 September 1953 (1), as amended and supplemented by law no. 65-356 of 12 May 1965, do not apply to property l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-1

…due to the commercial representation of cinematographic works in cinemas between 22 June 2020 and 1 September 2020, are set out in articles 914-2 and 914-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article D752-21

…decreeD. 330-4 with the exception of the last sentence of c) of its I and D. 330-5No. 2019-944 of 9 September 2019

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