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Showing 21412150 of 69211 articles for Art. s. L 237-2 · L 237-15 · L 237-16 · R 237-1

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10-2

Without prejudice to the application of Section 8 of Chapter I of Title I of Book V, Articles II and III of Article L. 533-29 apply to credit institutions authorised to provide one or more of the inve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1-2

For the application of article L. 5121-10-1 to Wallis and Futuna, in the first paragraph, the words: "without prejudice to the evaluation of the expected service by the Haute Autorité de santé pursuan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Application procedure

Article R5221-15-1

By way of derogation from article R. 5221-15, the Prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhône département is competent to take decisions relating to applications for work permits under article R. 5221-3 which are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Credit Advisory Committee in New Caledonia

Article R782-15

The Credit Advisory Committee meets at least once a year at the invitation of its Chairman, either on his own initiative or within one month of a written request being made to him by at least ten of i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Credit Advisory Committee in French Polynesia

Article R783-15

The Credit Advisory Committee may not validly deliberate if the number of members present is less than ten. If the quorum is not reached, a new notice of meeting is sent out at least eight days before…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Toilet cubicles

Article R4228-15

Toilet effluent is disposed of in accordance with health regulations.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Election and remuneration of the employee representative.

Article R142-16

The committee shall draw up and submit to the Governor a report showing the name of the elected official and, where appropriate, a report setting out the complaints signed by one or more electors and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-2

Services other than the certification of accounts that are not mentioned in II of Article L. 822-11 and in I of article L. 822-11-1 may be provided by the statutory auditor or the members of the netwo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-21-1

The public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status which exercise the competence of tourism or the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 5211-21 et L. 5722-6 c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Audioprosthetists.

Article L4361-2-1

The organisations issuing the training certificates send these certificates to the service or organisation mentioned in article L. 4361-2 in the form of certified information.

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