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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Third category operations.

Article R4532-54

…ting particular risks included on the list established by the order provided for in article L. 4532-8, he shall take all necessary steps to draw up, before any further work is carried out, the simplif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1b: Transmission of information for the purposes of registering persons practising the profession of dietician

Article R4371-1-2

Articles R. 4333-7 and R. 4333-8 are applicable to dieticians, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In the first paragraph of article R. 4333-7, the words: "de l'article L. 4333-1-1" are replaced…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public advertising

Article R5122-7

The withdrawal of the visa provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 5122-8 is decided by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé after…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER VI: PENSIONS.

Article L426-4

…tion of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-38

…tached to shares in the company and the effects of any clause in an agreement entered into after 21 April 2004 providing for restrictions on the exercise of voting rights attached to shares in the com…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-19

…dividuals with regard to personal data within the meaning of Chapter V of Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L2573-37

…are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia from the renewal of the municipal councils in 2008 and subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of article L.…

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

Article L621-17-5

…ed 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 Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Europe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D47-1-2

…ntioned in Article 694-20 is drafted using the form set out in Annex A to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the European Investigation Order in criminal matters.It shall be translated, if necess…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up electoral rolls.

Article R713-37

…e commission for drawing up electoral lists provided for in article L. 713-14 before the date of 30 April of the year of renewal of the consular delegates. The same applies to the former members of th…

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