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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Common provisions

Article L466-1

…ction with transactions on a market in financial instruments or assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1, may, at any stage of the proceedings, request the opinion of the Autorité des marchés fina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-6

…king time of a night worker may not exceed eight hours, except in the cases provided for in Article L. 3122-17 or where Articles L. 3132-16 to L. 3132-19 apply.In addition, in exceptional circumstance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Claims covered by the insurance.

Article L3253-12

The claims referred to in articles L. 3253-10 and L. 3253-11 are guaranteed: 1° When they are due and payable on the date of the judgment opening the proceedings ; 2° When, if a plan organising the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obstacles to the legal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2223-1

…may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences provided for in article L. 2223-2 when the acts were committed with a view to preventing or attempting to prevent a voluntar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2326-4

…eation, extension or transformation of the private establishments and services mentioned in article L. 2324-1 without the authorisation mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of article L. 2324-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Civil parties

Article L3515-7

…of this Title. The same rights may be exercised by the consumer associations referred to in article L. 421-1 of the French Consumer Code and the family associations referred to in articles L. 211-1 an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article L4252-1

…ssion of medical physicist: Any person who practises medical physics, within the meaning of article L. 4251-1, without holding a qualification diploma in radiological and medical physics or a diploma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

Article L. 4151-1 is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-7

…n the distribution of capital among the members, no longer meets the conditions required by article L. 522-6 must, within one month of this change, apply to maintain the authorisation of which it is t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L620-1

A safeguard procedure is instituted at the request of a debtor referred to in article L. 620-2 who, without being in cessation of payments, demonstrates difficulties that it is unable to overcome. The…

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