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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R519-30

Prior to the conclusion of any banking transaction or the provision of any payment service or any preparatory work and advice, the intermediary shall inform the customer, including the potential custo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R519-31

I. - Intermediaries must, at the time of subscription, respond truthfully to all requests for information from the credit institution, finance company, payment institution, electronic money institutio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Accreditation and certification

Article R4461-36

To obtain the accreditation provided for in 2° of Article R. 4461-29, the applicant organisation must meet the conditions laid down in the accreditation reference framework defined by the French Accre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations with other health professions and veterinary surgeons.

Article R4235-32

The citation of scientific work in a publication, whatever its nature, must be faithful and scrupulously loyal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations with other health professions and veterinary surgeons.

Article R4235-31

Pharmacists must maintain good relations with members of the medical profession, members of other health professions and veterinary surgeons and respect their professional independence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations with other health professions and veterinary surgeons.

Article R4235-33

Pharmacists must refrain from any action that might harm the practitioners mentioned in article R. 4235-31 in relation to their customers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medico-technical committee.

Article D4622-30

The medico-technical committee meets at least three times a year. It draws up its own rules of procedure. It reports its findings to the Board of Directors and, as appropriate, to the inter-company co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-3

II and III of article L. 221-31 and article L. 221-32 are applicable to the share savings plan intended for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and intermediate-sized enterprises.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2a: Preamble to agreements and contracts

Article L2222-3-3

The agreement shall contain a preamble outlining its objectives and content. The absence of a preamble does not render the agreement null and void.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-3-3

Where an internal model is used, the internal risk and solvency assessment reconciles the internal risk measures with the required solvency capital.

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