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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

In addition to the labour inspectors mentioned in Article L. 8112-1, customs officers, competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, mining engineers and industrial and mining engineers ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-3

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

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-8

…s obliged to accept under the conditions set out in the penultimate and final paragraphs of Article L. 511-15. Any stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-44

…ce of their duties. It may ask them to provide the additional report provided for in III of article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code.The information thus transmitted is covered by the rule of p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers

Article L533-7

…Agreement on the European Economic Area or in a State where the agreements provided for in article L. 632-16 are applicable are required, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, to forward to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Management of old or orphan radioactive sources

Article D1333-103

…L. 511-2 du code de l'environnement ;2° Installations for the thermal treatment of hazardo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-85

…nd persons on which cheques may be drawn, finance companies, the organisations mentioned in Article L. 511-6, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and, at its request, the public prosec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-2

…nstitutions mentioned in Title II of the same Book V and the bodies mentioned in 5 and 8 of Article L. 511-6 of the same code a factor in assessing the creditworthiness of persons applying for credit.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-1

It may only be referred on a fact that is personal to the party to whom it is referred.It may be referred by that party, unless the fact that is the subject of it is purely personal to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-1

The condition must be lawful. Failing this, the obligation is void.

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