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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2-1

I. - Any UCITS governed by French law which intends to market its units or shares and, where applicable, classes of units or shares, in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agree…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L530-2-1

…ve made payments to a broker or brokerage company registered in the register referred to in article L. 512-1 in respect of contracts which are the subject of an apparent commitment on the part of one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22-1

…ic section on nosocomial infections of which the Office has become aware in application of articles L. 1142-8 and L. 1142-21. It is made public.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reporting obligations relating to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4163-2-1

…or activities particularly exposed to the occupational risk factors mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 4161-1 of this Code, with a view to the application of article L. 221-1-5 of the Social Security…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

…back to the first violation in the cases provided for in the penultimate paragraph of I of article L. 232-23-3-8; 3° possibly obtained in disregard of the suspension in the cases provided for in IV o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-2-1

Speech and language therapists may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which awarded them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. Wher…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Orthoptists.

Article L4342-2-1

Orthoptists may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He shall indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. Where the evidence of f…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Reservations

Article L3113-2-1

…rs in a minimum proportion set by regulation, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 412-10 to L. 412-18 of the Prison Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-6

I.-The regional hospital grouping may be authorised by the director general of the regional health agency to set up a unified nursing, re-education and medico-technical care commission for the groupin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-21-1

…electronic means, at least once a year, to the group referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 161-17-1 of the Social Security Code the information required to implement the provisions of Arti…

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