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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-6

I.-The following are presumed not to be linked to the principal by an employment contract in the performance of the activity giving rise to registration:1° Natural persons registered in the trade and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: General provisions

Article L123-54

I.-The registration of information or the filing of documents in the national register of companies is subject to the payment of fees. II.-The persons mentioned in 1° of article L. 123-36 pay a fee, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-56-9

I.-Any financial contract entered into by a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 and governed by the legislation of a third country shall include a clause stipulating that the parties acknowle…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-19

…in the maintenance or reconstitution, whether open or disguised, of an association or grouping dissolved in application of article L. 332-18, as well as participating in activities that an association…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other criminal provisions.

Article L4163-11

Giving consultations or prescribing treatment while claiming to be able to modify or repress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, whether true or assumed, is punishable by two years' impr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6

I.-Any commercial company that neither controls nor is controlled by another company within the meaning of II or III of article L. 233-16, and whose turnover at the end of two consecutive financial ye…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Social dialogue.

Article L2

The Government submits draft legislative and regulatory texts drawn up in the field defined by Article L. 1, in the light of the results of the consultation and negotiation procedure, to the National…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-1

Undertakings authorised in France and subject to State supervision pursuant to article L. 310-1, with the exception of those authorised for the operations referred to in 3° of the same article, as wel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-4

I. - Directors of the management company of a fonds commun de placement, a fonds de placement immobilier, a fonds professionnel de placement immobilier, a fonds de financement spécialisé or a fonds co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book V: Insurance distributors

Article L500

…urposes of this Book, the words "insurance undertaking" refer to the undertakings mentioned in Article L. 310-2 of this Code, mutual insurers or associations governed by Book II of the Mutual Code, pr…

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