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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-4

…gistered with the Autorité des marchés financiers may not provide the services referred to in 1° to 4° of Article L. 54-10-2. Any person who is not registered as a provider of the services referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Monitoring compliance with obligations and penalties

Article R561-41-1

…rsuant to Article L. 561-36; 2° The number of reports of breaches referred to in Articles L. 561-36-4 and L. 634-1 that these authorities have received, where applicable; 3° The number of reports and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-4-2

The provisions of Article L. 1226-4 also apply to employees on fixed-term employment contracts.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-4

…ined, with regard to the risk map ;3° Appropriate actions to mitigate risks or prevent serious harm;4° A mechanism for alerting and collecting reports relating to the existence or realisation of risks…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-3

…6132-1, within a care team or a territorial professional health community mentioned in articles L. 1411-11-1 and L. 1434-12, which are signatories to an interprofessional agreement with the health ins…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-8-4

…if necessary, provide proof of the approval mentioned in the first paragraph of II of Article 529-4.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-44

…raph is, depending on the size of the voting rights relating to the capital, reduced as follows: 1° 4% between €750,000 and up to €4,500,000; 2° 3% between €4,500,000 and €7,500,000; 3° 2% between €7,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-43-1

The provisions of articles R. 613-4 to R. 613-43 and R. 613-51 apply to certificates of addition.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article R2563-4-1

The sub-envelope of the national equalisation grant mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 2334-23-1 accruing to the municipalities of each overseas department is distributed among them half in proportio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-1

…G TO THE LEVEL OF STUDY DEPENDING ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE DOCTOR BEING REPLACED, CITED IN ARTICLE R. 4131-1Conditions to be fulfilled by the replacement or assistant and semesters required :I. - Genera…

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