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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article R774-19

…2 and R. 532-8-3n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 532-10n° 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020R. 532-11n° 2005-1007 of 25 August 2005R. 532-12 and R. 532-12-1n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 532-13n° 2013-68…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L6222-5-1

…the apprentice training centres and apprenticeship sections. The first paragraph of article L. 6222-18 is applicable at the initiative of the apprentice or one of the employers. The apprentice has an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Powers exercised on behalf of the State.

Article L2122-34-2

…he town council acting by delegation from the mayor under the conditions set out in article L. 2122-18 are bound by the obligation of neutrality and respect for the principle of secularism.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Distance supply of consumer financial services

Article L343-1

…f financial services to a consumer is governed by articles L. 222-1 to L. 222-7, L. 222-9 to L. 222-18, L. 232-4 and L. 242-15 of the French Consumer Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Professions of masseur-physiotherapist, chiropodist, speech therapist and orthoptist, medical electroradiology manipulator, hearing aid acoustician, optician and dietician.

Article L4414-2

…the sixth and seventh paragraphs of article L. 4311-15 and those of articles L. 4311-16 to L. 4311-18, L. 4311-26 and L. 4311-27 are applicable to masseur-physiotherapists, chiropodists, speech thera…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-21

…of his decision to withdraw by sending, before expiry of the period provided for in Article L. 221-18, the withdrawal form referred to in 7° of article L. 221-5 or any other unambiguous statement exp…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-20

…shall, where necessary, lay down the procedures by which the alerts referred to in articles D. 224-18 and D. 224-19 may be voluntarily made available to the administrative authority responsible for c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-32

…ights of information, access, rectification, deletion and limitation provided for by Articles 14 to 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 48, 49, 50, 51 and 53 of Law No. 78-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-2

…national police service or a national gendarmerie unit from among those mentioned in articles R. 15-18 à R. 15-25. A joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior sets the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Radiation protection advisor

Article R1333-20

…the Labour Code.II - The radiation protection advisor designated in application of Article R. 1333-18 may be the natural or legal person designated by the employer to be the radiation protection advi…

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