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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decisions that may be taken at any stage of the procedure

Article L721-5

The provisions of Chapter IV of Title I of Book VI are applicable to the challenge and judgment of the decision determining the country of return which is intended to enforce a decision imposing an ob…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-91

Where the credit institutions and finance companies referred to in Article L. 511-89 are part of a group subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution on a consolidate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-57

I. - Where supervision is exercised on the basis of the consolidated financial situation, financial or mixed groups and groups comprising at least one finance company must adopt adequate internal cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-7

I. - Supplementary supervision at the level of a conglomerate applies to regulated entities which meet one of the following criteria: 1° It constitutes the head of the conglomerate ; 2° Its parent und…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-6

Credit institutions may, without being subject to Articles L. 523-1 to L. 523-5, authorise any person exercising another profession to issue money exclusively to their customers who have an account wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-5

The task of the staff delegation on the social and economic committee is to submit to the employer individual or collective complaints relating to wages, the application of the Labour Code and other l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article L2314-3

I.- The following attend the meetings provided for in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 2315-27 in an advisory capacity on agenda items relating to health, safety and working conditions an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Children with variations in genital development

Article L2131-6

The care of a child presenting a variation in genital development is ensured after consultation of the multidisciplinary teams of the specialised centres of reference for rare diseases, under the cond…

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

Article L4163-4

The following is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros and, in the event of a repeat offence, by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros: 1° With the exception of the cases mentioned in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L626-1

Where there is a serious possibility that the company can be safeguarded, the court will draw up a plan to this end, which will put an end to the observation period. The safeguard plan includes, where…

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