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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-7

The conditions for the application of this chapter are laid down by decree and in particular : 1° The terms and conditions of the compensation mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 3133-1 ; 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation through payment of an annual contribution.

Article L5212-10

The methods for calculating the annual contribution, which may not exceed the limit of 600 times the minimum hourly growth wage per beneficiary not employed, are determined by decree. For companies th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5

The definition of the usury rate is set out in articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-9 of the French Consumer Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 314-6- A usurious loan is any contractual loan granted at an overal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

…fficers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passenge…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L1471-1

Any action relating to the performance of the employment contract shall be barred after two years from the date on which the person bringing the action knew or ought to have known of the facts enablin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article L351-1

Failure to comply with any of the obligations mentioned in the first, second, third and last paragraphs of II of article L. 312-1-1 and, where the customer is an individual acting for non-business pur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-1

The following offences are punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 1° Any person who engages in the activity of canvassing for banking or financial services as defined in article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-10

By way of derogation from article L. 4241-1, pharmacy students regularly enrolled in the third year of studies in a pharmaceutical sciences training and research unit are authorised, for the purpose o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L744-4

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L743-4

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in t…

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