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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Investor information

Article L214-23-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers defines the conditions under which UCITS must inform their subscribers and may be advertised, in particular by audiovisual means, or canvassed.The articles of assoc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D361-2-1

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The provisions of articles D. 312-7 to D. 312-7-2 do not apply; 2° In Article D. 312-8-1, the reference to A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-21

I.-The persons designated and authorised for this purpose within :1° Structures for integration through economic activity ;2° Organisations that prescribe work ;3° State departments responsible for st…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-2

I.-Shares may be allocated, under the same conditions as those mentioned in Article L. 225-197-1 :

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-22-1

From the catchment area upstream of private distribution facilities, the person responsible for water production or distribution draws up, implements, evaluates and updates a water safety management p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-1

Without prejudice to the respective powers of the institutions that its members represent, the Haut Conseil de stabilité financière supervises the financial system as a whole, with the aim of preservi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-1

The Board of Directors comprises a minimum of fifteen members and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1424-26. The seats are divi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-27-1

The chairmen and vice-chairmen of a fire and rescue service board of directors, who receive, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1424-27, allowances for the actual performance of their duties, ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-2

I.-The rules of professional conduct applicable to members of the Agency's Boards and Committees, its employees, health reservists and persons who occasionally provide assistance to the Agency or its…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-2-1

The scope of a claim covering a gene sequence is limited to the part of that sequence directly related to the specific function concretely set out in the description. The rights created by the grant o…

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