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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-9

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 626-20, L. 625-3, L. 625-4 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the French Labour Code are the territorial institutions resp…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-26

…without providing the borrower with the European Standardised Information Sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7 and the second paragraph of Article L. 313-24 or the pre-contractual information mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-25

Exceptionally, in certain sectors, in certain regions or in certain companies, exceeding the maximum forty-six-hour working week provided for in Articles L. 3121-23 and L. 3121-24 may be authorised fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Capital increases

Article L212-15

Companies may carry out capital increases by issuing shares reserved for employees under the terms and conditions set out either in Articles L. 225-187 to L. 225-197 of the French Commercial Code or i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-9

A medical biology laboratory shall have the quality of the results of the medical biology examinations it carries out checked by external quality assessment bodies. The external quality assessment bod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Promotion of online investment offers

Article L572-28

Any person who promotes an online investment offer in breach of any of the prohibitions set out in Articles L. 572-23, L. 572-24, L. 572-27, L. 573-1, L. 573-7, L. 573-8, L. 573-9, L. 573-12 and L. 57…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-31

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 3123-24, any change in the distribution of working hours between the days of the week or the weeks of the month is notified to the employee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-6

I.-Financial investment advisers may not receive financial instruments from their clients. They may not receive funds from their clients other than those intended to remunerate their activity. II -Fin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-3

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies shall notify the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of significant intra-group transactions in accordance with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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