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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-6

I. - The Financial Public Prosecutor may not initiate public proceedings for the application of the penalties provided for in this section when the Autorité des marchés financiers has served a stateme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

The professional practice standard relating to the audit of accounts carried out by several statutory auditors, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-100. The audit of accounts ca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

I. - Supervision of compliance by the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 with the obligations laid down in Chapters I and II of this Title, with directly applicable European provisions relating t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-18

Article L. 426-17 does not apply when the foreign national resides in France under: 1° A temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L. 421-30; 2° A temporary…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 55-1

The judicial police officer may take, or have taken under his control, from any person likely to provide information on the facts in question or from any person in respect of whom there are one or mor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-14

The following is punishable by a fine of €3,750 if a freelance administration contractor: 1° Concludes a freelance administration employment contract for a service activity, in disregard of Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-1

Participative finance service providers are the legal persons defined in e) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020. They shall be authorised, under the condition…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

The interruption or notification of non-renewal of a temporary employee's assignment by the temporary employment contractor may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector when the emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-22

A nurse who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

I. - (Repealed) II. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of persons whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market for any information on the persons th…

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