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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-12

The AIF or its management company:1° Requests and ensures that the board of directors of the company concerned or its equivalent makes available to the representatives of the employees, or failing tha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-1

I.-Only holders of a diploma, professional qualification or certificate of professional qualification may, for remuneration, teach, lead or supervise a physical or sporting activity or train its parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Ability to negotiate.

Article L2231-1

The agreement is concluded between : - on the one hand, one or more trade union organisations representing employees within the scope of the agreement ;- on the other hand, one or more employers' trad…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Entitlement to leave

Article L3141-1

Every employee is entitled to paid annual leave at the employer's expense.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe (closed-end investment companies whose shares are traded on a financial instruments market)

Article L214-137

Articles L. 22-10-62, the first paragraph of Article L. 225-210 and Articles L. 225-211 and L. 22-10-64 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to SICAFs covered by this sub-paragraph.A SICAF cover…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons required to report to the public prosecutor

Article L561-1

Persons other than those referred to in Article L. 561-2 who, in the exercise of their profession, carry out, control or advise on transactions involving movements of capital, are required to report t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to submit to fingerprinting and photographing operations

Article L822-1

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment, a fine of €3,750 and three years' disqualification from French territory for a foreign national residing illegally in France to refuse to submit to fingerp…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-6

The sports federations and, where applicable, the professional leagues shall be informed of the procedures conducted by the French Anti-Doping Agency pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter II of Title III o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-1-1

This section and section 3 of this chapter do not apply to persons who perform the duties mentioned in article L. 212-1 for foreign sports delegations and teams at sporting events mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-10

I.-When the pharmaceutical needs of an establishment, service or body covered by III of Article L. 5126-1 which is not part of a territorial hospital grouping or which is not a member of a health coop…

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