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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L519-2

The activity of intermediary in banking transactions and payment services may only be carried out between two persons, at least one of whom is a credit institution, a finance company, an electronic mo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2253-2

Municipalities and their groupings may, by deliberation of their deliberative bodies, acquire or receive shares in local semi-public companies meeting the conditions set by articles L. 1521-1 and L. 1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM SUBMITTED IN RESPECT

Article L754-2

When a foreign national placed or held in detention submits an application for asylum, the administrative authority may proceed, during detention, to determine the State responsible for examining this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-2

Carrying out the drug brokering activity referred to in article L. 5124-19, without having registered with the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé under the conditions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

I.-The collectivity of Corsica shall benefit from the proceeds of the domestic consumption tax on energy products and the domestic tax on insurance policies available to the territorial collectivity o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-2

The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000: 1° For any person who manufactures or packages cosmetic products, to open or operate an establishment for the manufacture…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-28

If they are at least eighteen years old, the spouse of the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-26 will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT (f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND REGIONS TO THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article L7331-2

Ongoing contracts and agreements concluded by the département or region continue, after the creation of the territorial authority, to be performed under the previous conditions until their expiry, unl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Successive contracts with the same employee.

Article L1244-2

Seasonal employment contracts as defined in 3° of article L. 1242-2 may include a renewal clause for the following season. A collective labour agreement may stipulate that any employer who has employe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1235-2

…t in the interests of the person operated on, may be used for therapeutic or scientific purposes, unless that person objects after being informed of the purpose of the use.Where this person is a minor…

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