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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation arrangements

Article D1271-3

In the event of an urgent need to allocate social benefits or implement a personal service, the body that finances all or part of the special payment voucher referred to in B of article L. 1271-1 may,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-114

An undertaking for collective investment in real estate may enter into contracts constituting the financial futures instruments referred to in article L. 214-38 which meet the characteristics of credi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R532-24

I. - Any portfolio management company governed byArticle L. 532-9 which, having its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-8

The Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy is made up of seven colleges whose members have the right to vote:1° The college of representatives of local and regional authorities, comprising :a) The…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26-1

When the easement instituted in application of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 is likely to seriously compromise the agricultural or forestry use of the encumbered land, its owner(s) may, from the dat…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 10: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services

Article R211-50

Any natural or legal person who is a national of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who wishes to become establishe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Application for release by the foreign national

Article L742-8

After the detention extension hearings provided for in this chapter, the foreign national may request that his detention be terminated by referring the matter to the liberty and detention judge. Howev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies are subject to the provisions of Articles L. 511-33, L. 511-34, L. 511-41, I of Article L. 511-57, the second paragraph of Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-4

Net claims on the Caisse centrale de réassurance relating to operations in which this institution intervenes with the guarantee of the State are admitted to represent regulated commitments. Net claims…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Mediators responsible for facilitating the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of authorisation for simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article R324-1

For the application of articles L. 132-20-2 et L. 217-3, a list of twenty mediators is drawn up by the Minister responsible for culture on the proposal of the approved collective management bodies app…

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