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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-13-1

…the loan can be repaid, refinanced or amortised, this investment service is not subject to articles L. 533-12-6, L. 533-13, L. 533-14 and L. 533-15.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article L1142-11

…ny gaps in representation between women and men among senior managers within the meaning of Article L. 3111-2 of this Code, on the one hand, and members of the management bodies defined inArticle L. 2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for visiting a foreign national's home

Article L733-13

The detailed rules for the application of articles L. 733-6 to L. 733-12 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Hearings

Article L532-15

The detailed rules for the application of articles L. 532-12, L. 532-13 and L. 532-14 are set by decree in the Council of State.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: College of candidates

Article L1441-13

…yees ; 2° Managers who do not hold the special delegation of authority referred to in 3° of Article L. 1441-12; 3° Employees holding an apprenticeship or work-linked training contract; 4° Jobseekers r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

…body, a health cooperation group or a laboratory holding the authorisation provided for in article L. 2142-1 to carry out a biological activity of medically assisted procreation may obtain the author…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L341-1

…out providing the borrower with pre-contractual information under the conditions set out in article L. 312-12 or, for account overdraft transactions, in Article L. 312-85 is deprived of the right to i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L312-13

…the creditor shall provide, free of charge, in addition to the information referred to in Article L. 312-12, a copy of the contract offer on paper or any other durable medium. Any additional informa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L3216-1

…o in the first paragraph of this article in the context of proceedings brought pursuant to articles L. 3211-12 and L. 3211-12-1. In this case, any irregularity affecting an administrative decision ref…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 5217-10-14 are transmitted to the metropolitan authority.They are communicated by the metropolitan authority to the elected members o…

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