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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-11

Before making an offer relating to financial instruments, digital assets, a service on digital assets, an investment service or a related service, direct marketers shall enquire about the financial si…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-93

The following may be members of a local savings company: public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status and, under the conditions set out in the Articles of Association, natural p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-14

If the night worker's state of health, as ascertained by the occupational physician, so requires, he shall be permanently or temporarily transferred to a daytime position corresponding to his qualific…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-11

Persons guilty of one of the offences defined in article L. 332-3, the first sentence of article L. 332-4 and articles L. 332-5-1, L. 332-8, L. 332-10-1 and L. 332-19 of this Code are also liable to t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Jurisdictional rules

Article L716-5

I.-The following may only be brought before the Institut national de la propriété industrielle: 1° Applications for a declaration of invalidity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-15

I.- Athletes in the target group designated for one year by the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage (French Anti-Doping Agency) are required to provide precise and up-to-date information on the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employers' groups.

Article L1255-13

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 1253-1 to L. 1253-10 and L. 1253-17 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-22

The following is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Without having obtained the favourable opinion of a committee for the protection of individuals and, in the case o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L2242-11

The agreement concluded at the end of the negotiations referred to in Article L. 2242-10 specifies :1° The topics for negotiation and their frequency, so that at least every four years the topics ment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-5

The bodies referred to in article L. 6361-2 are required, with regard to the monitoring agents referred to in article L. 6361-5 : 1° Present the documents and records establishing the origin of the in…

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