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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder

Article L211-9

The custodian-account keeper safeguards the rights of account holders to the financial securities held in the account. It may only use these securities for its own account under the conditions set out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-130

The SICAF may only make a public offer if the nominal value of the shares issued exceeds an amount set by decree. This condition does not apply if the SICAF intends to make a public offer as referred…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Individual payment transactions

Article L314-9

The provisions of this sub-section apply to payment transactions and to the provision of payment services not covered by a deposit account agreement provided for in I of Article L. 312-1-1 or by a fra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Serious illness.

Article L1226-5

Any employee suffering from a serious illness within the meaning of 3° and 4° of Article L. 160-14 of the Social Security Code is entitled to leave of absence to undergo the medical treatment made nec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application requirements

Article L1441-6

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1441-7, the following may stand for election: 1° Employees and employers ; 2° Job seekers registered on the list of job seekers; 3° Persons who have ceased all…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation.

Article L1271-8

Legal entities governed by public law may acquire special pre-funded payment vouchers, under the conditions set out in article L. 1271-12, at a price equal to their settlement value plus, where applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-13

For their application to the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the powers devolved by article L. 1142-5 to the regional commission for conciliation and compensation of medical acci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-4

The distribution, supply or use of blood, its components or derivatives without the biological analyses and screening tests for transmissible diseases required under article L. 1221-4 shall be punisha…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classified tourist resorts.

Article L133-15

At the request of the tourist municipalities concerned, the classification referred to in article L. 133-13 is awarded by order of the competent administrative authority for a period of twelve years.T…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article L341-5

Article L. 5314-4 of the French Transport Code sets out the rules governing the powers of communes, communities of communes, urban communities, metropolises and conurbation communities to create, deve…

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