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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of account information service providers

Article L522-11-3

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall withdraw the registration at the request of the account information service provider or ex officio if it : a) Does not make use of the r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional leagues

Article L132-1-2

The professional leagues created pursuant toarticle L. 132-1 are obliged to sign the Republican Commitment Contract mentioned inarticle 10-1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citiz…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation.

Article L3332-6-1

Any company may apply a company savings scheme concluded at branch level, provided that the branch agreement has been approved pursuant to article L. 3345-4. Companies wishing to apply the approved br…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-1

By way of derogation from Articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, the natural persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may not draw up a balance sheet and profit and loss account if t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-9-1

At the end of their term of office, any departmental council president or any vice-president delegated by the latter who, in order to exercise their mandate, has ceased their salaried professional act…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of regional mandates

Article L4135-9-1

At the end of their term of office, any regional council president or any vice-president delegated by the latter who, in order to exercise their mandate, has ceased their salaried professional activit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-1-3

1° Pour l'application à Wallis-et-Futuna des articles L. 4131-2 et L. 4131-2-1:a) Les références au représentant de l'Etat dans le département et au conseil départemental de l'ordre des médecins sont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L214-26-1

In accordance with the conditions laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the fund rules or articles of association of a general-purpose investment fund may reserv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-5-1

The judicial representative may exercise his profession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in Article L. 812-2. A natural person registered on this list ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-7-1

A court-appointed administrator may exercise his profession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in article L. 811-2. A natural person registered on this lis…

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