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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Structured deposits

Article L312-22

A structured deposit is a deposit that is repayable in full at maturity with interest or a premium determined according to a formula involving factors such as: 1° An index or a combination of indices,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-18

The employee may not engage in any other professional activity during the period of leave. However, they may be employed by the person receiving assistance under the conditions set out in the second p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Periodic Certification

Article D4022-1

…ertise in one of the areas of periodic certification mentioned in articles L. 4022-1 and L. 4022-2; 7° One representative of the trade unions representing medical staff and one representative of the t…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-1

…6° The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé;7° The President of the Haute Autorité de santé ;8° The Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Authority;9°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-42-1

The procedures for automatic payment by mandate or automatic registration provided for in article L. 6145-5 are implemented when the amount of the mandate corresponding to the payment of the principal…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 3: Financial contributions from communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation in the département, communes in the metropolitan area, the metropolitan area and the département to the budget of the departmental-metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-76

The contribution of the department and that of the metropolitan authority to the budget of the departmental-metropolitan fire and rescue service are set each year by deliberation of the departmental c…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…serted as follows:"The competence of these committees is extended to the Wallis and Futuna Islands";7° In Article L. 1124-1, the words "that in health establishments, at the Etablissement français du…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance obligation for organisers of sporting events

Article L331-12

Failure by a person organising a sporting event as defined in article L. 331-9 to take out the insurance cover provided for in that article is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,5…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…a given site can go back on this choice;6° The duration of the contract and its renewal conditions;7° The period of validity of the offer;8° The forecast timeframe for the supply of energy;9° The bil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 120

…did not relate to income exempted in the State to which the right to tax the latter was attributed ;7° Interest, arrears, and all other income from annuities, bonds and other public instruments of for…

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