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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions

Article L7342-9

…p of the charter [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2019-794 DC of 20 December 2019] may not establish the existence of a legal relationship of subordin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-48

…l'environnement et du travail.V.-Without prejudice to the applicable provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…he Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, shall apply to branches authorised in accordance with I of this Article. III.-The provisions of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…of a salary. II.-In the absence of an agreement within six months of the publication of the loi n° 2019-775 du 24 juillet 2019 tendant à créer un droit voisin au profit des agences de presse et des é…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-5

…Intellectual Property Code.III - By way of exception to II and for acts committed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024, the rights and actions arising from this article shall be exercised by th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

…al transactions or a transaction of a continuous nature or, in the case of the persons mentioned in 12° and 12° bis of Article L. 561-2, for the performance of a statutory mission. In the case of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-3

…cle L. 1411-11-1 and the territorial professional health communities referred to in article L. 1434-12 ;2° Territorial and financial accessibility of psychiatric care;3° Continuity of psychiatric care…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article R421-25

…permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU", issued by France on the basis of articles L. 421-12 or L. 421-25, bears the following statement under the heading "Remarks": "The [name of the Member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-6

…teaching bodies or job categories who benefit from a credit of hours in accordance with Article L. 2123-2 is amended at the beginning of the school year. The duration of the hours credited is divided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative

Article R3213-2

…t proposes to end a psychiatric care measure concerning a person mentioned in II of article L. 3211-12 or proposes, if the person is in full hospitalisation, to modify the form of his care, the direct…

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