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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5

The Labour Inspectorate control officers mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 may request any document or piece of information, regardless of the medium, that is useful for establishing facts likely to veri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The network

Article L512-86-1

In order to guarantee the liquidity and solvency of the savings bank network, the central body of the savings banks and banques populaires referred to in Article L. 512-106 has at its disposal the com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L194-1

Titles I, II and III of this Book, with the exception of Articles L. 112-7, L. 112-8, L. 112-10, L. 113-15-2, L. 122-7, L. 125-1 to L. 125-6, L. 132-30 and L. 132-31, are applicable in the Wallis and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Bank staff

Article L142-9

Banque de France employees are bound by professional secrecy. They may not take or receive a holding or any interest or remuneration whatsoever by way of work or advice in any public or private, indus…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-9

I.-Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall present, in a clear and comprehensible manner, within the corporate governance report referred to in the last paragraph of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for businesses

Article L5143-1

Any employer of a company with fewer than three hundred employees has the right to obtain precise information within a reasonable timeframe when he or she contacts the authorities on a question relati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to bathing and swimming pools open to the public

Article L322-8

Infringements of the provisions of article L. 322-7 are punishable by a 5th class fine. The court may also order the closure of the swimming pool or bathing area. A repeat offence is punishable by one…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to bathing and swimming pools open to the public

Article L322-9

The health and safety rules relating to the installation, layout and operation of bathing and swimming pools are defined in articles L. 1332-1 to L. 1332-4 and L. 1337-1 of the Public Health Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to bathing and swimming pools open to the public

Article L322-7

All bathing and swimming pools open to the public must, during public opening hours, be supervised at all times by qualified staff holding a state-issued diploma defined by regulation.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

The following are subject to the obligations set out in sections 2 to 7 of this chapter: 1° Bodies, institutions and services governed by the provisions of Title I of this Book, including branches of…

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