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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The council of the communauté de communes.

Article L5214-8

Articles L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5, L. 2123-7 to L. 2123-16, L. 2123-18-2 and L. 2123-18-4, as well as article L. 2123-24-1 are applicable to the members of the council of the communauté de co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L8243-2

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence of unlawful lending of labour as provided for in Article L. 8241-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-4

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Registration requirements for the gaming sector

Article R561-22-2

For the application of 2° of Article L. 561-10 and Article L. 561-13, in the event of a transaction involving the exchange of any means of payment, chips, tokens or tickets where the amount exceeds 2,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article R2352-5

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 2352-3, the number of seats per Member State on the special negotiating body is equal to : 1° Up to 10% of the total workforce: 1 seat; 2° From more than…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-12

The vigilance exercised over cosmetic products by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé includes : 1° Receiving and recording serious adverse reaction reports sent by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Premium rate telephone number

Article L132-21

Any breach of the obligations relating to the consumer assistance telephone number mentioned in article L. 121-16 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Complementary local currency certificates

Article L311-6

Issuers and managers of complementary local currency securities are subject to Title I of Book V when the issue or management of these securities falls within the scope of the payment banking services…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article R743-17

I. - Article R. 221-127 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2019-1379 of 18 December 2019, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the applicatio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative composition

Article R232-89

I.-On receipt of the interested party's observations, the Agency may ask him to provide additional information and documents within a time limit that it shall determine and may submit these observatio…

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