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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-24

…section 1, article L. 511-4 ; 2° Within Section 2, I of Article L. 511-8-1 and Article L. 511-8-2; 3° Subsection 2 of Section 3, with the exception of Articles L. 511-27 and L. 511-28; 4° Within Sect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L956-1

The implementing measures provided for in articles L. 621-4, L. 621-4-1, L. 625-1, L. 626-3, L. 626-5 to L. 626-7 and L. 626-14 are set by the territorial assembly.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of local authorities

Article R5322-5

Information received by the mayor pursuant to article L. 5322-3 may only be shared by the mayor with his deputies who have been delegated to deal with placement or the allocation of social benefits, a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-19

The employer consults the social and economic committee on any takeover offer that it wishes to take up and indicates the reasons for accepting the offer, particularly with regard to the offeror's abi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-2

Cross-border service providers send the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, depending on their situation:1° Registration declarations intended for the tax services and social security bodies;2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-5

…2° The conditions under which declaratory formalities are required of foreign service providers; 3° The exemptions from formalities from which they benefit; 4° The procedures for appointing and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements for agencies

Article L1432-6

…re set each year by order of the ministers responsible for health, social security and agriculture; 3° Contributions from the Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie for actions concerning med…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-2

The key investment information sheet referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 shall be drawn up in French. However, under the conditions and wi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-9

The insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 may represent the commitments relating to transactions carried out by their branches located outside the territory of the European Communit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-4-1

The agents mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of the I of article L. 5146-1 may order the immediate denaturing or destruction, by any approved disposal channel, of the following products:1° Veterinary medicin…

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