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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article R7413-5

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles R. 7413-1 and R. 7413-2 is punishable by a third-class fine.

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

Article D526-5

The amount stipulated in the last paragraph of article L. 526-19 is set at 100,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-5

In addition to the Prefect or his representative and the President of the Mayotte Departmental Council, the Regional Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance Committee is made up of members appoin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-56

For the application of 1° of Article R. 521-32 of the Commercial Code, the applicant shall indicate the identification details of the owner of the seized business.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-54

The sum of the positive realisation values of all the contracts entered into with the same company or several companies belonging to the same group within the meaning of article R. 332-13 is taken int…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Housing concessions granted to civil servants

Article R114-56

Any centre created since 1 March 2016 must include housing concessions determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions

Article D420-5

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/591 of 1 December 2016 clarifies the definition of economically equivalent OTC contracts.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R513-5

…ation verifies that the staff of its members subject to the good repute condition mentioned in articles L. 511-3 and L. 512-4 meet this condition. To this end, any person applying for membership or re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-53

The committee shall total up, in each jurisdiction, the number of votes obtained by each candidate in each professional category or sub-category and allocate the seats in accordance with article L. 71…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-52

The committee must be consulted on the agreements provided for in article L. 431-14 and on the fund's annual accounts.

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