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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Articles relating to infants and children.

Article L5231-3-1

At the purchaser's request, for the sale of any mobile telephony device, the operator shall provide a listening device to limit head exposure to radio emissions suitable for children under the age of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3-1

…n the authorised officers observe, with the powers provided for in this book, an infringement or failure to comply with the provisions mentioned in articles L. 511-5, L. 511-6 and L. 511-7 as well as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-30

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall publish on their website information on the agreements referred to in article L. 225-86 at the latest when they are concluded…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-3

In the situations provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article L. 321-1, in Article L. 321-1-1 or in Article L. 321-11-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may set up a collab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3-1

Notwithstanding any legislative provision to the contrary, the indexation of debt securities and financial contracts mentioned respectively in 2 of II and III of article L. 211-1 is unrestricted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L3132-3-1

A jobseeker's refusal to accept a job offer involving Sunday work is not grounds for removal from the list of jobseekers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article L6332-1-3

I.-The skills operator is responsible for : 1° Actions contributing to the development of skills for the benefit of companies with fewer than fifty employees mentioned in article L. 6313-1 ; 2° Appren…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-3

To be registered on the list of statutory auditors, a company must meet the following conditions: 1° The majority of the company's voting rights are held by statutory auditors or firms of statutory au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-35-1

Persons required to draw up a preventive recovery plan pursuant to I and II of Article L. 613-35 shall set up a system for regular monitoring of the indicators mentioned in VI of the same article.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-10

The obligations to publicise abroad the measures referred to in Article L. 613-31-3, to inform creditors and to notify other interested public authorities of these measures are met pursuant to Article…

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