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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provision

Article L211-40

…pitalisation of interest due pursuant to an agreement or framework agreement referred to in Article L. 211-36-1 of this Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-40

…Revision amendments are subject to the conditions for the validity of agreements set out in Article L. 7343-29. The amendment revising all or part of an agreement automatically replaces the stipulatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-40

Where they carry out other activities pursuant to Article L. 526-3, electronic money institutions shall prepare separate accounting information relating to the activities of issuing and managing elect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to preventive group resolution plans

Article L613-40

…is authority is subject to confidentiality obligations equivalent to those provided for in Articles L. 612-11, L. 612-17 and L. 613-50-7 with regard to the information it may receive.To this end, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-40-2

The person placed under judicial supervision must be summoned by the sentence enforcement judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction he is to reside, within a maximum of eight days of his relea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…ts and the territorial authorities of Martinique and Guyana under the conditions defined in article L. 2334-41;Local authorities in mainland France that meet the following three conditions:1° The loca…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-40

…ected of infringing a plant variety certificate is implemented after a request mentioned in Article L. 623-36 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a plant variety certificate may be destro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Corsican Tourist Offices and Agency

Article L4424-40

…ne of the two preceding paragraphs, it exercises them under the conditions provided for in articles L. 1412-1 or L. 1412-2. It is substituted for the tourist office or agency in all its rights and obl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-40

…course to an employee of a temporary employment undertaking in breach of the provisions of articles L. 1251-5 to L. 1251-7, L. 1251-10, L. 1251-11, L. 1251-12-1, L. 1251-30 and L. 1251-35-1, and of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Electronic trade in medicinal products by a dispensing pharmacy

Article L5125-40

…ty in medicinal products to a person established in France, medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5125-34 and benefiting from a marketing authorisation in France pursuant to article L. 5121-8 or…

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