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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-60

…known as missions, in the following cases only: 1° Temporary replacement of a member of staff due to sick leave, maternity leave, parental leave or parental presence leave, temporary part-time work,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-6

Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall ensure and be able to demonstrate to the AMF that the natural persons who provide investment advice or information on finan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-6-1

…ed have revealed a lack of professional competence, the disciplinary chamber may, without prejudice to any penalties it may impose pursuant to 1° to 4° of article L. 4234-6, order the pharmacist conce…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-6-1

Articles L. 436-10 to L. 436-13 are applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the wording resulting from the law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022 on finances for 2023.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-6-1

Where the acts of which a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife is accused have revealed a lack of professional competence, the disciplinary chamber of first instance may, without prejudice to any penalti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-6-1

Any person exploiting a medicinal product or product mentioned in Article L. 5121-1 or any holder of the authorisation provided for in Article L. 4211-6 who fails to comply with the obligations to rep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Entreprises de travail temporaire d'insertion.

Article L5132-6-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 5132-6, temporary work integration agencies may enter into open-ended contracts, as referred to in article L. 1251-58-1, with people aged at least fifty-se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-67

The legal action referred to in article L. 823-6 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-44.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-6

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the number of directors elected pursuant to article L. 225-27 may not be more than five nor exceed one-third of the number of o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

In a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, shares may only be allocated under the first and second paragraphs of II of Article L. 225-197-1 only if the company fulfils at…

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