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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-13

I.-In order to provide the services mentioned in 4 or 5 of Article L. 321-1, investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall obtain the necessary information concerning th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration and assessment of claims

Article R742-13

Failing a declaration within the period mentioned in article R. 742-11, creditors may apply to the juge des contentieux de la protection for relief from foreclosure within a period of six months from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-13

A development grant is instituted, comprising a grant for the benefit of groups of communes, a national equalisation grant, an urban solidarity and social cohesion grant, a rural solidarity grant, a s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-128

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may issue to veterinary pharmaceutical establishments exporting medicated feeding…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a : Communications and notifications applicable when the appellant is the claimant or the judicial agent of the State

Article R40-12

Within a period of one month from the last of the notifications provided for in the first paragraph of the preceding article, the person lodging the appeal shall submit, against a receipt or by regist…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: College of candidates

Article L1441-13

The following may be candidates in the employees' college: 1° Non-managerial employees ; 2° Managers who do not hold the special delegation of authority referred to in 3° of Article L. 1441-12; 3° Emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation procedure.

Article R2324-13

On receipt of the information referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 2324-12, the prefect of the département in which the organiser of the family holiday stay is domiciled or has its regist…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-13

The head of the user undertaking posts the list of the names of the representatives of the external undertakings on the extended health, safety and working conditions committee in the same place as th…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-13

The Board of Directors sets the general guidelines for the agency and deliberates on the following matters: 1° The general organisation of the agency, at national and local level, and its internal reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the terms of office of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairmen who have been delegated authority

Article R7125-12

For the first six months, its amount is equal to 80% of the difference between the amount of the gross monthly allowance, before withholding of tax at source, that the person concerned received for th…

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