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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies

Article L774-12

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 517-1 with the exception of its last four paragraphs Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of foreign employees.

Article L8252-1

A foreign employee employed in disregard of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 8251-1 shall, from the date of his recruitment, be treated in the same way as an employee duly employed…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Personnel management

Article L1424-10

…hters and volunteers on firefighter civic service are hired and managed by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service.As an exception to the first paragraph, volunteer firefighter officer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information obligations where one of the payment service providers involved in the transaction is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or outside the European Economic Area

Article L314-15

An order of the Minister for the Economy specifies the information to be provided to a natural person not acting for business purposes if his payment service provider is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miq…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-1

The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two relating to the operation of the municipal council are applicable to the operation of the deliberative body of public establishments for i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2623-1

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article L. 2313-2, the words: "or a public body of the European Union" are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2313-3, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-15

…xisting buildings and installations intended for a use other than housing and which are not subject to authorisation or declaration under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-112

…iative contract) governed by section 5 of the same chapter, as appropriate. The provisions relating to these contracts apply to the emploi d'avenir, subject to the specific provisions set out in this…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Overall effective rate

Article L314-1

…r indirect charges, taxes, commissions or remuneration of any kind, borne by the borrower and known to the lender on the date of issue of the offer of credit or the amendment to the credit agreement,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-12

The financial holding companies referred to in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of Article L. 517-1, the parent undertakings of finance companies referred to in the sixth and seventh paragraphs of Arti…

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