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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to personnel.

Article R6113-52

…aff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1 in an active, secondment or secondment position. It may also employ contract staff under public law, who are subject to the provisions of decree no. 86-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-1

…s with an accepted market practice, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(9) 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Urban policy allocation

Article L2334-41

…ement concluded with the National Agency for Urban Renewal, as referred to in article 10 of law no. 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation urbaine…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…at the end of the holding obligation period, the shares allocated pursuant to Article L. 225-197-1 may not be sold: 1° Within the period of thirty calendar days prior to the announcement of an interi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: State property transferred to the assets of the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-36

…uments and archaeological sites, belonging to the State, the list of which is annexed to decree no. 2003-1111 of 18 November 2003, taken in application of article 9 of law no. 2002-92 of 22 January 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-34

…ning of article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code, a group within the meaning of III of article L. 511-20 comprising at least one entity mentioned in 1° bis or 1° ter of article L. 561-2, or a mixed grou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-7

…been the subject of the report or notification referred to in Article 16 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 Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-9

…pective powers granted to them by the articles of this Book and by Council Regulation (EC) No 139 / 2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings and by Council Regulat…

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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 Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article L632-7

…foreign nationals who were subject to a deportation order before the entry into force of the loi n° 2003-1119 du 26 novembre 2003 relative à la maîtrise de l'immigration, au séjour des étrangers en Fr…

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