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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Mutual credit

Article L512-58

The provisions of articles L. 512-55 to L. 512-57 are applicable to the caisses de crédit mutuel of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, governed by the local law of 1 May 1889, as amended, on cooperative…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-70

The publication formalities required when the institutions mentioned in 1 and 2 of article L. 512-69 are created or in the event of subsequent acts or deliberations are determined by the decree provid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Information for employee representatives

Article L3123-16

Each year, the employer informs the social and economic committee, if there is one, of the number of requests for individual derogation from the minimum working time mentioned in the first paragraph o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-24

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3121-23, exceeding the maximum weekly working time provided for in Article L. 3121-22 is authorised by the administrative authority under c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to certain overseas collectivities

Article L3512-28

In the local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution and in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, the price below which it is prohibited to sell a tobacco product mentioned in Article L. 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4314-6

The offences referred to in articles L. 4163-3 and L. 4163-4 apply to nurses and are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.In the event of conviction, the courts or tribunal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-13

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine, where necessary, the procedures for applying the provisions of articles L. 4322-1 to L. 4322-12, in particular the representation of professionals on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4363-1

Hearing-aid acousticians, students studying for the diploma provided for in article L. 4361-3 and the persons mentioned in article L. 4361-5 are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pharmacy and medical physics professions

Article L4422-8

For the application of article L. 4232-1 in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna islands, section E is composed of all pharmacists practising their profession in the overseas departments, Saint-Pier…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-8

For its application in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in article L. 4113-7, the words: "or the medical information mentioned in article L. 161-29 of the Social Security Code" are repl…

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