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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-27

The ministers responsible for health and social security, the regional health agencies and the bodies responsible for managing a compulsory health insurance scheme responsible for paying certain expen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exits and clearances

Article R4462-22

Any incompatibility between the application of the requirements of this chapter and those laid down by other regulations with a view to the implementation of safety imperatives shall be the subject of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exits and clearances

Article R4462-21

Buildings in which pyrotechnic activities are carried out and which have several levels as referred to in Article R. 4462-17 are served, independently of the internal staircases, by one or more extern…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exits and clearances

Article R4462-20

…ance is measured according to the actual distance to be covered between the pyrotechnic workstation and the exit. It does not apply to buildings in which explosive substances or objects are stored or,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 22

1. Decrees may temporarily and in cases of emergency permit or suspend the export of products of the soil and of national industry. 2. These acts must be presented, in the form of bills, to the Nation…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 23

By way of derogation from articles 21 and 22 above, export bans may, until a date to be set by decree, be established by orders of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, after consultation with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article R214-231

Where the finance company has several sub-funds, the provisions of this sub-section apply to each of the sub-funds.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article D214-216

Notwithstanding article D. 214-32-10, the minimum initial capital of an employee-owned open-ended investment company is €225,000.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-215

…asset management of an employee-share ownership open-ended investment company defined in article L. 214-166 is governed by the provisions applicable to the funds mentioned in article L. 214-165.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Finance companies carrying out a permanent mission in the public interest.

Article R515-2

The caisse de garantie du logement locatif social carries out a permanent mission of public interest within the meaning of Article L. 511-104. It may carry out credit transactions relating to this mis…

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