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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L194-1

…4 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2019-738 of 17 July 2019. Article L. 12-10-1 shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions

Article L455-2

…462-3du code de la santé publique;4° Les articles L. 237-1, L. 237-2, L. 237-3, L. 253-15 to L. 253-17, L. 254-9, L. 255-18, L. 671-9 and L. 671-10 du code rural et de la pêche maritime;5° La loi du 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-1

…be decided ex officio by the Autorité des marchés financiers in the situations mentioned in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020. If the applicant's programme of operations includ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

…joint committee on health, safety and working conditions in agriculture provided for inArticle L. 717-7 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; 10° Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…f a joint health, safety and working conditions committee in agriculture provided for inarticle L. 717-7 of the rural and maritime fishing code; 10° Employee appointed under the conditions provided fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police.

Article L2512-13

…ris and by the texts which have modified it as well as by articles L. 2512-7, L. 2512-14 et L. 2512-17.II.-However, the Mayor of Paris is responsible for the municipal police in matters of:1° Public h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L3321-1

…cial and fishing seaports;16° Expenditure on the maintenance and construction of departmental roads;17° Expenditure on the repayment of capital debt;18° Debts due.19° Depreciation charges;20° Charges…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

…62-13-Exclusion of non-pyrotechnic installations from the pyrotechnic enclosure; 3° Article R. 4462-17-Prohibition of multi-storey or basement buildings and work on several levels; 4° Article R. 4462-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

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

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