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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book V: Insurance distributors

Article L500

…oses of this Book, the words "insurance undertaking" refer to the undertakings mentioned in Article L. 310-2 of this Code, mutual insurers or associations governed by Book II of the Mutual Code, provi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-17

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 526-14 and L. 526-15, the funds of electronic money holders collected by an electronic money institution are returned to the holders or transferred to a credit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Social dialogue.

Article L3

…and Vocational Training for the coming year. For their part, the organisations mentioned in article L. 1 present the state of progress of current cross-industry negotiations as well as the timetable f…

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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 Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Tax payable by the employer of a foreign worker or of an employee temporarily seconded by a company not established in France

Article L436-10

…arrying out a salaried professional activity subject to the condition provided for in 2° of article L. 5221-2 of the Labour Code, of a foreign worker or an employee temporarily seconded by a company n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-5

…mber of the couple or the woman from whom they were conceived in application of 2° of II of Article L. 2141-4, the last paragraph of Article L. 2131-4 or the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 2141-3…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-21

The services and establishments of the State and other public authorities are required to communicate to competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers and judicial police officers all infor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-4

I.-The following apply to the staff mentioned in 1° to 4° ofArticle L. 6152-1: 1° The following provisions of the General Civil Service Code: a) Article L. 115-7 ; b) Article L. 121-3 ; c) Chapter III…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-15

…o take a formal position on compliance with the second, third and fourth paragraphs of I of Article L. 441-10 of the arrangements for calculating the payment periods that it plans to introduce. The pu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-12

Without prejudice to the application of I and II of Article L. 641-11-1, the termination of the lease of buildings used for the company's business takes place under the following conditions: 1° On the…

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