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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations.

Article D452-2

…ry or permanent ban on exercising an activity or service, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 621-15 or under a sanction imposed before 24 November 2003 by the Commission des Opérations de Bourse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-32

…health interpretation, as soon as possible;3° The summary document provided for in article D. 1332-21 giving a general description of the bathing water and its profile;4° An indication, where applica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-19

In accordance with II of Article L. 622-21, proceedings for the distribution of the sale price of immovable property and proceedings for the distribution of the sale price of movable property that do…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R752-4

…92 of 28 August 2015R. 312-20 with the exception of a) of 1° of IVn° 2023-631 of 20 July 2023R. 312-21 and R. 312-22, with the exception of the penultimate paragraph of its In° 2015-1092 of 28 August…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

The compulsory prior mediation procedure provided for byArticle L. 213-11 of the Code of Administrative Justice is applicable to appeals brought against the following individual decisions taken by Pôl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure for bodies responsible for vocational integration and training initiatives

Article R6121-3

…or calculating, monitoring and revising the fair financial compensation referred to in article L. 6121-2-1, which may be set on the basis of forecast costs or actual costs. Provisional costs may be us…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-44

…rticle R. 6153-2 and those of articles R. 6153-3 to R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-19 and R. 6153-21 to R. 6153-24 apply to students acting as interns and former residents who complete one or two ad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-4

…rs' interest, the other assets may be transferred to a new SICAV. In accordance with article L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code, the demerger is decided by the extraordinary general meeting of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-33

…rs' interest, the other assets may be transferred to a new SICAV. In accordance with article L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code, the demerger is decided by the extraordinary general meeting of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Information to be provided to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority

Article L355-8

…groups benefiting from the limitation provided for in the second paragraph of II of Article L. 356-21 and their total requirements in terms of capital, premiums, technical provisions and assets, expr…

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