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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36

I. - The provisions of this paragraph apply to 1° To financial obligations arising from transactions in financial instruments or in units mentioned in article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code, spot fo…

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

Article L511-12

Officers are empowered to investigate and record: 1° Infringements of the regulatory provisions adopted pursuant to II of article L. 231-1, articles L. 231-5, L. 231-6, L. 236-1, L. 236-2 and L. 236-4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31

In addition to the application of article L. 561-30-1 and article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the department is authorised to pass on information it holds to the judicial authorities and cri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-46

The companies and entities referred to in 1° of Article L. 561-45-1 shall declare to the Trade and Companies Register, through the intermediary of the body referred to in the second paragraph of Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-3

I.-Access to personal data in the national health data system may only be authorised for the purposes of processing:1° Contributing to a purpose mentioned in III of Article L. 1461-1 and meeting a pub…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2

The benefits provided under the contracts referred to in article L. 143-1 may include additional cover in the event of the member's death before or after ceasing professional activity, as well as in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-1

A nurse is any person who usually provides nursing care on medical prescription or advice, or in accordance with his or her own role. Nurses are involved in a variety of activities, including preventi…

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

Article L812-2

I.-No one may be appointed in court to perform the duties of a judicial representative unless they are registered on the list drawn up for this purpose by a national commission. II.-However, the court…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Renewal.

Article L145-11

A lessor who, without being opposed to the principle of renewal, wishes to obtain a change in the lease price must, in the notice provided for in article L. 145-9 or in the response to the renewal req…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-37

The exploitation of the journalist's work on different media, within the framework of the press title defined in article L. 132-35 of this code, has as its sole counterpart salary, for a period set by…

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