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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary sanctions

Article L341-17

Any breach of the laws, regulations and professional obligations applicable to banking or financial canvassing committed by the persons mentioned in 1°, 3°, 5°, 7° and 8° of article L. 341-3 and in ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-11

Where it transpires, subsequent to his election, that an elected member of a Council of the Bar, a Disciplinary Chamber or a Social Insurance Section has been subject, before or after his election, to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-10

Subject to the provisions of article L. 4124-6 and articles L. 145-5-2 and L. 145-5-3 of the Social Security Code, only nurses of French nationality or nationals of one of the Member States of the Eur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-14

Councils are elected by a majority of the members present or having voted by post or electronically.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the composition of the various councils and disciplin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-13

The members of the nurses' association councils are elected in a single-round majority binominal ballot. Each pair is made up of candidates of different genders. If the Council of the Order has an une…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-12

If an elected member ceases to hold office for any reason whatsoever, he is immediately replaced by a substitute. If there is no substitute, a supplementary election is held to fill the vacant seat as…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L771-12

In the local authorities covered by article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Barthélemy, in Saint-Martin, and in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer shall ex…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L813-16

The requirements listed in this chapter are imposed on pain of nullity, subject to the provisions of article L. 743-12.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional provisions

Article L2333-16

A. - For municipalities collecting in 2008 the tax provided for by article L. 2333-6 or that provided for by article L. 2333-21, in their wording prior to 1st January 2009, this tax is replaced, from…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementing provisions

Article L3334-16

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter.

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