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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-B

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that an ISP with a branch in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-A

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers has clear and demonstrable grounds for believing that an investment service provider operating under t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Health, safety and working conditions committee

Article R1233-25-1

…ives. Each trade union organisation sitting on the social committee of the administration appoints, to sit on this commission, a number of full representatives equal to the number of seats it holds on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R2123-22-1

Members of the town council entrusted with special mandates by their assembly may claim, on proof of the actual duration of the trip, firstly, payment of daily allowances intended to reimburse their a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14-2

…rder in which they are received. However, the regional cross-industry joint committees are entitled to determine certain categories of priority actions and target groups when the requests for support…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-26-1

…gital content or digital service provided by the trader, except where that content: 1° is of no use to the consumer once he no longer uses it; >and 2° relates only to the consumer's activity when he u…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable to personal injury offences resulting from deliberate intoxication

Article 706-139-2

Where, pursuant to Article 351 of this Code, the question of the application of the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code in relation to an accused charged with murder, assassination,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4351-27-1

…ssment of the applicant's command of the French language results in a decision that may be appealed to the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Declaration and approval of organisations

Article L7232-1-2

…rst and second paragraphs of article L. 2324-1 of the same code; 4° For home help services provided to the people mentioned in article L. 7231-1 who live there, service providers called upon to provid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-2

…lected and sorted by the Order of masseur-physiotherapists is kept by it for a period corresponding to the period of provisional registration.In accordance with articles 39 et seq. of law no. 78-17 of…

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