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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Provident and supplementary pension schemes for self-employed workers

Article L144-1

Contracts covered by this section are governed by article L. 141-1 and may be taken out by an association covered by article L. 141-7 , whose members are : 1° Either exclusively persons who are self-e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-3

The State guarantee is granted by the Minister for Economic Affairs, after consulting the Commission for Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credit, established by article 15 of law no. 49-874 of 5 July 1949…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-23

The way in which lenders remunerate their staff and credit intermediaries is without prejudice to the obligations mentioned in Article L. 314-22. The staff concerned are natural persons who work for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L541-1

I.-Financial investment advisers are persons who engage in the following activities on a regular professional basis: 1° Investment advice as referred to in 5 of article L. 321-1 ; 2° (Repealed) 3° Adv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health.

Article L2421-2

For application in Wallis and Futuna :1° Article L. 2131-1: " a) In III, the words: "a multidisciplinary centre for prenatal diagnosis" are replaced by the words: "a consultation providing multidiscip…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-6

As stated in Article 511-19 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:Art. 511-19.-I.-The fact of carrying out a study or research on the human embryo:1° Without having first obtained the written consent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficiaries.

Article L3332-2

Former employees who have left the company on retirement or early retirement may continue to contribute to the company savings plan. In companies employing at least one employee and less than two hund…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L5151-2

A personal activity account is opened for any person aged sixteen or over in one of the following situations: 1° A person in employment, including those holding a French employment contract and workin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-115

The employment contract associated with a job with a future can be open-ended or fixed-term. A fixed-term contract is concluded for a period of thirty-six months. In the event of special circumstances…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Electronic trade in medicinal products by a dispensing pharmacy

Article L5125-33

Electronic commerce in medicinal products means the economic activity whereby the pharmacist offers or carries out the retail sale and dispensing of medicinal products for human use to the public by e…

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