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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-10

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 4124-6 reads as follows: "The disciplinary penalties that the disciplinary chamber may impose are as follows: 1° A warning ; 2° a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-17

…oupings, the majority of the capital and voting rights at the general meeting of these establishments. No other shareholder or group of shareholders, acting alone or in concert, may hold, directly or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-15

I. - In the performance of its compensation mission provided for in I of Article L. 312-5, the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution shall have access to information held by its members, by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-14

…h the Conseil supérieur de la coopération, to distribute the net surplus of the assets to its members. This distribution may not include the portion of the net surplus resulting from aid granted direc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-14

…The delegating federation may only entrust a professional league created in application ofarticle L. 132-1 with prerogatives delegated by the State by virtue of a sub-delegation organised by the agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-10

I.-The contractual agents mentioned in article L. 1313-8 : 1° Are bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined in article 26 of title I of the general status…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Operating conditions.

Article L362-1

…within the territory of the French Republic which carries out the operations referred to in Article L. 310-1 for which it has received authorisation from the supervisory authorities of its home State,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-12

…r the conditions set by the rules of procedure.The notice of meeting period is set at five clear days. In the event of an emergency, this period may be shortened by the mayor, but may not be less than…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-14

Natural persons guilty of the offence referred to in article L. 572-13 shall also be liable to the following additional penalties:1° A ban on civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accompanying measures.

Article L3422-1

In the event of an offence under article L. 3421-1 and articles 222-34 to 222-39 of the Criminal Code, the State representative in the département may order, for a period not exceeding three months, t…

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