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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R519-21

Where the agreement relates to a credit transaction, the intermediary in banking and payment services shall enquire of the customer, including the potential customer, about his knowledge and experienc…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion.

Article R6152-21

…p: four years;12th step: four years.Advancement to a higher step is decided by the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-21

The order of the liberty and custody judge may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate within five days of its notification. The First President of the Court of Appea…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-21

…e periods during which these employees have carried out wage portage services under employment contracts concluded with these companies during the twelve months or eighteen months preceding the electi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-21

…nsultation with the Conseil national de l'ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes, lays down the rules of the code of ethics for masseurs-kinésithérapeutes. These provisions are limited to the deontologi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-21

Nurses must accompany the dying person until his or her last moments, ensure the quality of a life that is coming to an end through appropriate care and measures, safeguard the dignity of the person b…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Freedom to provide services

Article L211-21

…rst time, it shall first inform the registration commission referred to inArticle L. 141-2 by means of a written declaration, including in particular information relating to its financial guarantee an…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-21

Exhibitors of cinematographic establishments transmit to distributors the data extracted from the operating logs of digital projection equipment relating to the exhibition of long-running cinematograp…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-21

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 :1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7,9 to 18,21,22,29,36,38,45 and 48 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Counc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21

…tment or territory or in Mayotte, as well as vehicles not subject to registration whose usual place of parking is in one of these departments or territories or in Mayotte, are subject to the provision…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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