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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account

Article L221-17-2

Transactions relating to people's savings passbook accounts are subject to documentary and on-site inspections by the Inspectorate General of Finance.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union representation at company and establishment level

Article L2122-3-1

When submitting the list, the trade union shall indicate, where applicable, its affiliation to a trade union organisation. In the absence of such indication, the trade union organisation does not rece…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-15-2

If the sentenced person does not wish to benefit from an adjustment or conversion of his sentence or if, in the light of the reasoned report from the prison integration and probation service, such an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation.

Article L722-3-1

The President of the Commercial Court hears, within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court, applications made pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-1

Any person qualified in industrial property registered on the list provided for in Article R. 421-1 may request to be entered, with the same indication of specialisation, on the list of industrial pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Monetary signs

Article D721-1

In Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, only the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer and the Trésor public are required to accept more than fifty euro coins in a single payment.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work equipment that is new or considered new

Article R4312-1

New machines or machines considered to be new within the meaning of Article R. 4311-1 are subject to the technical rules set out in Annex I at the end of this Title.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approvals

Article D4622-49-1

I.-For inter-company occupational health and prevention services, the national specifications for approval include the following criteria: 1° With regard to the governance and management of occupation…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article L4222-1

In each region, pharmacists who run an open pharmacy are entered on a register drawn up and kept up to date by the regional council of the order of dispensing pharmacists. This register is forwarded t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-1

The pharmacist, private practice company or financial holding company of liberal profession pharmacists applying for registration on the roll of the professional body will send his application by any…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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