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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Status and missions of Pôle emploi

Article R5312-3

Pôle emploi reports to the Minister for Employment, the regional and departmental prefects and the regional directors of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment on the public employ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-12

…cation of I of article L. 341-4 if the direct marketing is carried out on behalf of such an entity; 4° The specific information documents relating to the products, financial instruments and services o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article R615-1

…ary Conseiller à la Cour de Cassation; 3° Four people qualified in the legal field or in mediation; 4° Two representatives of nationally-approved consumer associations; 5° Two representatives of profe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-3

I. - Articles R. 5211-3 to D. 5211-5-2 are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-258 of 9 March 2021 subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V.II. - F…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-5

…ce of the words: equivalent consolidated supervision the remainder of the paragraph shall not apply;4° In 2° of II of Article L. 511-41-3, the words: and by Chapter 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative police measures

Article R521-3

The administrative authority mentioned in articles L. 521-4, L. 521-5, L. 521-7, L. 521-10, L. 521-12, L. 521-13, L. 521-14, L. 521-16, L. 521-20 and L. 521-23 is the Prefect or, in Paris, the Prefect…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Levies

Article R512-24-1

Where goods are made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique, the authorised agents may order, where applicable under the conditions provided for in Article L. 512-16, of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-159

…accounts of the companies involved were closed in order to establish the terms of the transaction; 4° The exchange parities and the method of calculation; 5° the date of the merger.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-9

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Marine, river and lake insurance

Article L173-13

…s:1° Total loss ;2° Repairs amounting to three quarters of the agreed value;3° Impossible to repair;4° No news for more than three months; the loss is deemed to have occurred on the date of the last n…

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