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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-6

I.-Financial investment advisers may not receive financial instruments from their clients. They may not receive funds from their clients other than those intended to remunerate their activity. II -Fin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3131-2

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an industry-level agreement or arrangement may derogate from the minimum daily rest period provided for in article L. 3131-1, under conditions de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-1

Unless they belong to section E, in the event of professional misconduct, pharmacists with different pharmaceutical activities are judged by the disciplinary chamber of the competent section to which…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-11

When calculating their prudential technical provisions within the meaning of Article L. 351-2, insurance and reinsurance undertakings segment their commitments into homogeneous risk groups and, at a m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-6-1

The actuarial function requires the persons performing it to have a degree of knowledge of actuarial and financial mathematics commensurate with the nature, scale and complexity of the risks inherent…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-110

Exceptional selective financial aid will be awarded to the most vulnerable companies selling cinematographic works abroad. These companies carry out quality work and their business has been particular…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L321-25

Persons practising the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction on a permanent basis in their country of origin shall use, in France, their capacity expressed in the language or one…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Continuing vocational training

Article L743-15

Continuing professional training is compulsory for practising commercial court clerks.A decree in the Council of State determines the nature and duration of the activities that may be validated under…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Failure to comply with house arrest requirements

Article L824-7

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment for a foreign national under house arrest to fail to comply with the prohibition on being in contact, directly or indirectly, with certain named persons who…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Temporary stoppage of work or activity.

Article L4731-5

The decision to temporarily stop work or activity taken by the labour inspection officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 in application of this chapter may not result in the termination or suspension…

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