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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-3-1

In the context of the childcare facilities for young children mentioned in I of article L. 214-1-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, the professionals taking care of the children may ad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-42

…nised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 511-44 and which is not included in the scope of consolidation defined in Article L. 233-16 of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-3

…ormula for apportioning the annual contributions payable by the institutions referred to in Article L. 322-1 and the minimum amount payable by each member. The contribution base is made up of the valu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations to adapt and redeploy.

Article L1233-4

…ny called the dominant company and the companies it controls under the conditions defined inarticle L. 233-1, I and II of article L. 233-3 andarticle L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code. The emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4

…L. 111-6 of the Code on the Entry and Residence of Foreigners and the Right of Asylum is p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-17

When a trader contacts a consumer by telephone under the conditions set out in article L. 221-16, the use of a masked number is prohibited. The number displayed before the call is established pursuant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment

Article L214-150

…e collective investment undertaking are reserved for professional clients as referred to in article L. 533-16 and for foreign investors belonging to an equivalent category under the law of the country…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-45

…held by entities which control the person requesting the redemption, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, or which are controlled under the same conditions by that person,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-30

…hable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 Euros to disregard the provisions of Article L. 7124-16: 1° For any person, to have a child under the age of sixteen perform perilous feats of st…

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