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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other criminal provisions.

Article L4163-3

Any person who does not meet the conditions required to practise the profession of doctor, dental surgeon or midwife, receiving, by virtue of an agreement, all or part of the fees or profits from the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Occupational therapists.

Article L4331-2

…ered in accordance with the first paragraph of article L. 4333-1.The person concerned will bear the professional title of occupational therapist, with or without a qualifier.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article R2196-12

…ty whatsoever of information gathered about undertakings pursuant to this section shall be bound by professional secrecy and, where applicable, by the rules relating to the protection of defence secre…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-19

…der commercial practices.This cooperation consists of establishing contacts, exchanging information not covered by the provisions of Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Approval of associations

Article R811-7

…ined in article R. 811-1 or where it is established that it is no longer independent of any form of professional activity, with the exception of associations emanating from cooperative societies menti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Personalised interview at the start of the republican integration programme

Article R413-8

…ettlement plans, of the territorial range of services available to facilitate, in particular, their professional integration and their reception and integration conditions pursuant to 3° and 4° of art…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Duty to inform

Article D553-26

…all information relating to their place of residence, accommodation arrangements, family situation, professional activities, resources and assets and those of the members of their household. They must…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L642-1

…any expert appointed to an Advisory Board referred to in III of Article L. 621-2, for violating the professional secrecy instituted by Article L. 621-4, subject to the provisions of Article 226-14 of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Security agents

Article 2488-10

…f resale and excluding cases of fraud.The opening of safeguard, receivership, judicial liquidation, professional recovery, overindebtedness or bank resolution proceedings in respect of the security ag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial aid.

Article L5213-10

…he Fonds de Développement pour l'Insertion Professionnelle des Handicapés (Development Fund for the Professional Integration of the Disabled) to any employer subject to the obligation to employ disabl…

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