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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to water production

Article L2224-7-5

…y public person responsible for the production of water who provides all or part of the abstraction may contribute to the management and preservation of water resources. This contribution is compulsor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4a: Supervision of the practice of the profession

Article R422-55-4

…nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle of any fact, observed during an inspection, which may constitute a breach of the conditions and obligations mentioned in Article R. 422-52-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health establishments responsible for psychiatric care without consent.

Article L3222-5-1

I.- Seclusion and restraint are practices of last resort and may only be used on patients in full hospitalisation without consent. They may only be used to prevent immediate or imminent harm to the pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-5

…of own funds that has been determined by each Class 2 investment firm in accordance with Article L. 533-2-2 and shall verify that it maintains a level of own funds sufficiently in excess of the requir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article D211-9-5

Subject toArticle L. 225-106 of the Commercial Code, the registered intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-4 (3) may, under a general securities management mandate, transmit a shareholder's vote o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-5

…f the High Council are drawn up in accordance with the rules of the general chart of accounts. This may be subject to adaptations proposed by the Chairman of the High Council after consultation with t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-1

A temporary work agency may conclude an open-ended contract with an employee for the performance of successive assignments. Each assignment gives rise to: 1° The conclusion of a secondment contract be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-5

The supervisory board or the resolution board may require the persons mentioned in I or II of Article L. 613-34 to keep detailed records of the financial contracts to which they are party.The collège…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-6

…pursuant to article 63-3-1 who is moved to a place other than that of the investigating department may not be interviewed in that place if his lawyer has not been notified of the move in accordance w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: The National Enforcement Committee

Article R561-50-2

Without prejudice to the publication on the website provided for in Article R. 561-50-1, the decision may also be published, on expiry of the appeal period, in the publications, newspapers or media de…

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