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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-28

I. - The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 shall exchange with the supervisory authorities, professional bodies and national representative bodies referred to in Article L. 561-36 any inform…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-11

…vailable of part of the funds or economic resources subject to a freezing order pursuant to Article L. 562-2 if their use is compatible with the protection of public order. The Minister responsible fo…

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

Article L3115-11

…The criteria and conditions for authorising the agents mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 3115-1 ; 2° The conditions for approving the persons or organisations that may carry out the tech…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-4

…vided they are at least eighteen years of age and satisfy the conditions laid down in II of Article L. 713-3 : 1° Voters in their own right referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 713-1 registered on th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-1

…nsures the protection of savings invested in financial instruments, the units referred to inArticle L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code and the assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1 of this Code…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-6

…negotiated according to the same procedures as those provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 3333-2 if it involves all or some of the employees of undertakings which do not form a group.In b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-2

…nd research objectives defined jointly with the university in the agreement provided for in article L. 6142-3 of this code and article L. 713-4 of the Education Code. It includes a patient care projec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-32

…overed by the Social Security Code and the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or mentioned in Articles L. 3141-32 and L. 5427-1 of the Labour Code and the bodies responsible for keeping a legal publicity…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article L421-4

In accordance with article L. 414-13, when the foreign national's application concerns a profession and a geographical area characterised by recruitment difficulties, the residence permits provided fo…

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