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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…endments thereto; 14° The annual accounts; 15° Authorised loans and maximum outstanding cash loans; 16 The granting of sureties, guarantees and other personal sureties; 17° The creation of sureties on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-8-2

…eferred to in 1° of Article L. 4342-1 may be carried out by an orthoptist for patients aged between 16 and 42 who do not present any of the contraindications listed by order of the Minister for Health…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…t of the judicial commissioners within their jurisdiction, in accordance with Article 15 of Order 2016-728 of 2 June 2016 on the status of judicial commissioner. They may be assisted in their supervis…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-18

…permit bearing the wording "beneficiary of subsidiary protection" provided for in article L. 424-9; 16° A residence permit bearing the wording "retired person" provided for in articles L. 426-8 or L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-14

…freelance administration contract to the employee within the period provided for in Article L. 1254-16 ; 8° Failing to enter into a commercial contract with a client company of an employee on temporar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L3321-1

…tatives referred to in article L. 3123-12 as well as contributions to the fund set up by article L. 1621-2 ;3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to Article L. 3123-20-2 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

…ed in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements for statutory audits of public interest entities and repealin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23

…nt between the grouping and the municipality concerned under the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A bis of the General Tax Code. The communauté de communes may transfer to a commune a fraction…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-3

…158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-15 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-15-1 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-16 and L. 511-17 with the exception of its first paragraph Order no.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…4° For medicinal products not subject to prescription, the therapeutic indication; 15° (Repealed) ; 16° (Repealed) ; 17° The prescription and dispensing classification of the medicinal product, as men…

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