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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article R328-1

…fifth-class offence:1° Disregarding the obligations or prohibitions resulting from articles R. 321-17-1, R. 321-28, R. 322-3, R. 322-8 (1st paragraph), R. 322-73 (1st paragraph), R. 326-1, R. 331-1,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1-2

…ts are made up of securities issued by socially responsible companies approved underarticle L. 3332-17-1 of the French Labour Code or by venture capital companies referred to in I of article 1 of law…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Status of permanent and temporary employees of the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-57

…contract, or on the employee's initiative as part of a specific leave mentioned in article L. 6323-17-1 or a skills assessment leave; 2° To training courses related to their professional activity und…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article D221-105

…ncing organisations or credit institutions meeting the conditions set out in III of Article L. 3332-17-1 of the French Labour Code.The establishment distributing the Livret de Développement Durable et…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-2

…ion assesses the relevance of the project and the prior positioning provided for in article L. 6323-17-1, examines the request for financial support and authorises the project to be carried out and fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-18

…fficine other than the one within which he practises. Subject to the ceiling set by article L. 5125-17-1, an assistant pharmacist of a pharmacy may only hold direct shareholdings in the private practi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-3-1

…pplication of 4° of article L. 2111-1 and article L. 2111-2 of this code, as well as article L. 421-17-1 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles, the president of the departmental council orga…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-28

…a sabbatical leave, a leave for business creation or a specific leave mentioned in article L. 6323-17-1 of a duration of at least six months. Seniority acquired in any other company of the same group…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17

…onetary and Financial Code, in socially responsible companies within the meaning of article L. 3332-17-1 of this code.The rules of the company savings plan give participants at least one opportunity t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-54

…of the institution's Board of Directors, the practical details of which are set out in Appendix II-17-1. The Director General of the Ecole Nationale des Sports de Montagne sets the date, place and op…

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