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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: General principles governing the operation of national professional councils

Article D4021-4-2

For professions with an Order, a representative of that Order may, by right, attend meetings of the Board of Directors of the National Professional Council or the federative structure in an advisory c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article R22-10-40

I.-The remuneration policy referred to in I of article L. 22-10-76 includes the following information, relating to the executive manager or managers as a whole: 1° The way in which it respects the com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-4

I.-Any financial investment adviser must become a member of an association responsible for monitoring the individual professional activities of its members, representing them collectively and defendin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L283-2

For the application of this book in Saint-Martin: 1° Access to work for foreigners is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable locally and in compliance w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions for the employment of children by approved persons.

Article L7124-5

The approvals provided for in articles L. 7124-4 and L. 7124-4-1 for the employment of children under the age of sixteen are granted by the administrative authority for a fixed renewable period. They…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Competent administrative authorities

Article R732-2

The administrative authority competent to assign a foreign national to residence pursuant to 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 5° or 6° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-4 is the prefect of the département where th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-40

I. - Provided that the payment account is accessible online, the payer may contact a payment service provider of his choice to obtain the payment initiation service referred to in 7° of II of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-46

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply 1° Adverse event, any noxious occurrence in a person who undergoes research involving the human person, whether or not this occu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Vocational training and apprenticeships

Article R2241-4

The three-yearly negotiations on vocational training and apprenticeship cover in particular : 1° The nature of training initiatives and their order of priority; 2° The recognition of qualifications ac…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L714-3

The registration of a trademark shall be declared invalid by court decision or by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, pursuant to Article L. 411-4, if th…

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