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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1

…of a credit institution or a finance company is a credit institution, an investment firm, a financial holding company, a mixed financial holding company or a parent undertaking of a finance company wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L519-4-1

Banking and payment services intermediaries must behave honestly, fairly, transparently and professionally, taking into account the rights and interests of customers, including potential customers. Ba…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union section representative

Article L2142-1-4

In companies employing fewer than fifty employees, trade unions which are not representative in the company and which form a trade union section may appoint, for the duration of their mandate, a membe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-4

The committee shall set out its operating procedures in its rules of procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Composition and mandate

Article L23-112-4

To be eligible for appointment, members of the committee must be at least eighteen years of age and must not have been disqualified, disqualified or disqualified from exercising their civic rights.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-4-1

An interdepartmental council of nurses for La Réunion-Mayotte is responsible for nurses on La Réunion and for nurses on Mayotte.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-4-1

…uthority issues an opinion to the Minister of Justice, who is its guarantor, on the freedom of establishment of notaries and judicial commissioners. It makes recommendations to improve access to publi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-10-4

The invalidity or termination of the amicable agreement does not render ineffective the clauses whose purpose is to organise its consequences.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-4

For the purposes mentioned in the two preceding articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-4-1

The president of the departmental council or, where he is the authority holding traffic police powers, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may set, fo…

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