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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Finance companies and Agence française de développement

Article L775-9

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-12

The provisions of articles L. 2421-5 to L. 2421-10 benefit all persons who have acquired, for valuable consideration or free of charge, a right of use mentioned in article L. 2421-1, unless the regula…

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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 L561-4

Natural or legal persons who carry out, in direct connection with their main business, an ancillary financial activity which falls within one of the categories mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561…

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

Article L561-3

I. - The persons referred to in 13° of Article L. 561-2 are subject to the provisions of this chapter when, in the course of their professional activity:1° They participate in the name and on behalf o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3845-1

Articles L. 3115-1, L. 3115-2, L. 3115-6 and L. 3115-7, in the version resulting fromOrder No. 2017-44 of 19 January 2017, are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-11

The mobilisation of the rights mentioned in Article L. 5151-10 is financed : 1° By the State, for the activities mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 5°, and 6° of article L. 5151-9, as well as for the activi…

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