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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article D743-14

Article D. 214-241 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D773-11

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article D1115-3

…ion in the Journal officiel de la République française of the approval order referred to in article D. 1115-2, accompanied by extracts from the constituent agreement. The publication states in particu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D44-3

Reporting proposals and ratings provided for in article D. 44-2 are drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They must include a detailed general assessment, as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Processing of personal data concerning health necessary for the adapted support of jobseekers with disabilities

Article D5312-52

…cle L. 5214-3-1 are authorised to record or consult the data in the processing mentioned in Article D. 5312-50, under the conditions set by the joint data controllers and within the limits strictly ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-14

…oyer, within two months of the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of article D. 1142-10. It shall ask the beneficiary to provide the income used to calculate the penalty in acco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-17

…mmes, the count, results and backup files, as well as the electoral documents mentioned in articles D. 4233-13, D. 4233-15 and D. 4233-15-1 are kept under seal, under the supervision of a national com…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article D512-6

Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers may be assisted in their inspections by: 1° State civil servants and contractual agents governed by the décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 rela…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article D626-15

…examined taking into account:- the efforts made by creditors other than those mentioned in article D. 626-9;- the financial efforts made by shareholders and directors;- the debtor's financial situati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Financing

Article D4163-48

…sured person aged 57 whose average annual wages and earned income, as defined in 3° of I of article D. 351-8 of the same code, is equal to 80% of the annual amount of the social security ceiling in fo…

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