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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-14

The city council or the Paris council consults, within the time limits set out in article L. 2511-13, the arrondissement council on the amount of subsidies that the city council or the Paris council p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-64

…ent function. Where the head of the risk management function is not a person referred to in Article L. 511-13, nor a deputy chief executive officer nor a member of the management board or any other bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-1

…to the adaptation provisions provided for in II: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 112-5-1 Act 2018-287 of 20 April 2018 L. 112-6 Act no . 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 112-6-1-A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-1

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 112-5-1 law no. 2018-287 of 20 April 2018 L. 112-6 Act no . 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 112-6…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-14

…udes a freelance administration employment contract for a service activity, in disregard of Article L. 1254-5 ; 2° Concludes a freelance administration employment contract without complying with the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Operation and control.

Article L522-21

The chairmen, managers, directors and staff of general shop operations are, under the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the Penal Code, are bound by professional secrecy in all matters relat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-4

…t institution, finance company or one of the legal entities or subsidiaries referred to in Articles L. 612-24 and L. 612-26 to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autori…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the administration of the person subject to a resolution procedure

Article L613-51

…ment the measures referred to in this subsection in respect of a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 of the measures referred to in this sub-section, the resolution board may decide to exerci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Payments into the time savings account

Article L3343-1

…erve, the sums he has paid into a company savings plan and those paid by the company under articles L. 3332-11 to L. 3332-13 and L. 3334-10. When rights to paid leave have been accumulated in return f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4314-3

Nurses and students at training institutes preparing them to practise the profession are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in articles 226-13 a…

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