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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R533-17

…hand, collectively have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience referred to inArticle L. 533-25 with regard to financial markets, legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the investment…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-98

…re; c) Third level: dust with a value greater than or equal to 6,000 fibres per litre and less than 25,000 fibres per litre.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Personal activity account for self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed, their collaborating spouses and artists and authors

Article D5151-10-1

…is made up of : 1° The personal training account, under the conditions defined by articles L. 6323-25 to L. 6323-31 and the provisions adopted for their application; 2° The Citizen Commitment Account…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-35

…run by mutual benefit societies or mining aid societies, the activities mentioned in articles L. 5125-1, L. 5125-2 and L. 5125-25 ; 2° In pharmacies for internal use, the activities mentioned in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-6

…ders of an authorisation to carry out one of the healthcare activities mentioned in article R. 6122-25 and, in the case of the specific regional perinatal schemes, of birthing centres under the condit…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-42-1

…of this code may be negotiated and concluded, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2232-25 and L. 2232-26 of the Labour Code, by one or more professional journalists within the meaning of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L251-12

When there is a professional agreement made compulsory on the basis of article L. 132-25-1 of the Intellectual Property Code, providing in particular for the definition of the production cost of an au…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Tax reduction for dependency expenses

Article 199 quindecies

…people who do not live independently and whose condition requires constant medical supervision and maintenance treatment, or in an establishment whose purpose is to provide services of a comparable n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-46

…ies concerning the asset management company or, where applicable, in accordance with Article L. 532-25-1 or Article L. 532-21-3, to the competent authorities of the host Member State of the asset mana…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L742-6

…Article L. 214-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In 1°, the words: "in accordance with Directi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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