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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-6

…However, under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the General Regulations of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, and with the exception of the extract referred to in I, they may be d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-6

The placing on the market of a tattoo product, whether free of charge or against payment, is subject to the transmission to the poison control centres mentioned in article L. 6141-4, designated by joi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-69-1

…y board members of each sex may not be less than 40%, at the end of the next general meeting called to vote on appointments, in companies which, for the third consecutive financial year, employ an ave…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Contracts concluded at trade fairs and exhibitions

Article L224-62-1

…event covered by Chapter II of Title VI of Book VII of the Commercial Code takes place on the territory of a European grouping of territorial cooperation, the representative of the State in the dépar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6-1

…lic beverages at a fuel sales outlet outside the hours specified in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3322-9 or selling refrigerated alcoholic beverages there is punishable by a fine of €7,500. A rep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60-1

…an essential element of the employment contract for one of the economic reasons set out in article L. 1233-3, he shall make the proposal to the employee by registered letter with acknowledgement of r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cooperation and exchange of information with European supervisory and resolution authorities

Article L632-6-1

…he disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L613-64-1

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall hear the chairman of the management board of the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution on any matter concerning an institution for wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-61

…és coopératives de banque are fixed-capital companies in the form of unions of cooperatives subject to the provisions of this section and, insofar as they are not contrary thereto, to the provisions o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-63

…may receive deposits from any natural or legal person. They must grant at least 80% of their loans to their members, their members' members, cooperative societies, mutual benefit societies or mutual…

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