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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1-1

…icle R. 6153-9 of this code. Within three months of his appointment, the junior doctor asks to be entered, for the duration of phase 3 still to be completed, on a special roll drawn up and kept up to…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-1-1

…epresentative services attached to a payment account :1° Subscription to remote banking services (internet, fixed telephone, SMS, etc.): a set of services provided by the bank.1° Subscription to remot…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-1-1

This section and section 3 of this chapter do not apply to persons who perform the duties mentioned in article L. 212-1 for foreign sports delegations and teams at sporting events mentioned in article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-1

The rector of the academic region, or the minister responsible for sports for the activities mentioned in c of 5° of article R. 212-7 and for the activity of mountain leader, draws up the list of memb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1-1

…the payment transaction, the following provisions apply :a) The provisions of section 5 of this chapter ;b) the provisions of section 6 of this chapter for unauthorised card payment transactions. In t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165-1

…omic Area or on a trading platform in a third country recognised as equivalent, the sale price is determined in accordance with objective methods used for valuing shares, taking into account, with an…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-employment declaration.

Article L1221-12-1

…ecovery of social security contributions. Penalties due in respect of a calendar year are paid no later than the first due date for social security contributions of the following year.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-1-1

…e to make any rental of a furnished tourist accommodation subject to a prior declaration to be registered with the municipality.The declaration must indicate whether the furnished tourist accommodatio…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Freedom of establishment.

Article D221-13-1

…fessional qualifications of regulated professions, responsible for the alert mechanism, is the Minister responsible for tourism.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-1

For the purposes of this section, an issuer is a person or entity whose financial securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or whose financial securities, whether admitted to trading or…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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