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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-152

Unless otherwise stipulated, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-27 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-26-2 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L522-19

…whatsoever, participates in the management or administration of a payment institution or who is employed by a payment institution is bound by professional secrecy. Apart from cases where the law so p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions

Article L311-1

For the application of the provisions of this Title, the following are deemed to be: 1° Lender, any person who grants or undertakes to grant credit referred to in this Title in the course of his comme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-1

I.- As part of the monitoring of the state of health of workers provided for in article L. 4622-2, all workers benefit from individual monitoring of their state of health by the occupational physician…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds

Article L214-139

Unless otherwise stipulated, the provisions of articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-27 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-26-2 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2146-1

Obstructing the exercise of trade union rights, as defined by articles L. 2141-4, L. 2141-9 and L. 2141-11 to L. 2143-22, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Voter participation in local decision-making

Article L1821-1

I.-The articles L. 1112-15 and L. 1112-17 and articles L. 1112-19 to L. 1112-22 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia. Article L. 1112-16 is applicable to the municipalities of French Pol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3826-1

Articles L. 3116-3, L. 3116-5 and L. 3116-6 are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L5215-1

In the event of failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 5213-5 relating to retraining for work and vocational rehabilitation of sick and injured persons, the provisions of articles L. 4741…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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