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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-3

…horised: 1° Financial securities issued by a State ; 2° Financial securities guaranteed by a State; 3° Financial securities issued by the European Central Bank or the central bank of a State; 4° Finan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-32

…n subject to its supervision to submit for its approval, within twelve months for Class 2 and Class 3 investment firms, a recovery plan including all appropriate measures to restore or strengthen its…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-3

It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €37,500 for any person, whether or not a party to the contract, to deceive the contracting party, by any means or procedure whatsoever, even t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-3

…tment firms established in the European Economic Area ; 2° The Caisse des dépôts et consignations ; 3° Issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market in the European Economic A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8221-3

…n of activity after having been struck off by the social protection bodies pursuant to article L. 613-4 of the Social Security Code;3° Or has availed itself of the provisions applicable to the secondm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4163-3

…the exposure of workers to one or more of the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, in accordance with the risk assessment provided for in article L. 4121-3, with regard to the us…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: The knowledge test referred to in article L. 811-5

Article A811-34

…governing the profession and the management of a law firm. The mark carries a coefficient of 1. >. 3° An oral examination consisting of a thirty-minute question on one or more of the following subjec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Base of professional knowledge and skills

Article D6113-31

The foundation of professional knowledge and skills referred to in I of article D. 6113-30 and the complementary module referred to in III of the same article are each the subject of certification, on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions common to the National Commission for Voting Operations and the Regional Commissions for Voting Operations

Article R2122-48-3

…es for referring cases to the judicial court and the rules of procedure set out in articles R. 2122-39 to R. 2122-42 apply to challenges to decisions relating to the election propaganda documents of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-39

When information held by the services and units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 have been transmitted to them by a Member State on the basis of the provisions of Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA, they ma…

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