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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-22

Failure by the directors of an electronic money institution to publish the annual financial statements in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 526-38 is punishable by a fine of €15,000…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-22

At the end of the leave or the period of part-time work mentioned in article L. 3142-20, the employee returns to his job or a similar job with at least equivalent remuneration.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Suppression of public drunkenness and protection of minors.

Article L3353-2

Reports of offences under article L. 3336-4 and this chapter shall be forwarded to the Public Prosecutor within three days, including the day on which the offence is recorded.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Requests for checks, measurements and analyses.

Article L4722-2

The checks, measurements and analyses provided for in Article L. 4722-1 are carried out by bodies or persons designated under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract.

Article L5142-2

State and local authority aid can be used to support and prepare the creation or takeover of an economic activity as defined inarticle L. 127-1 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Pharmacovigilance

Article L5121-22

The purpose of pharmacovigilance is to monitor, assess, prevent and manage the risk of adverse reactions resulting from the use of the medicinal products and products mentioned in article L. 5121-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Right of entry to establishments and premises used for accommodation.

Article L8113-2

The labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 are entitled to ask employers and persons employed in establishments subject to this code to provide proof of their identity and address.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-22

I. - Where the payment order is given by the payer, his payment service provider shall, subject to Article L. 133-5, the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 133-21 and Article L. 133-24, be liab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-2

In order to ensure the protection of water quality, the act declaring the works for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption to be in the public interest, as mentioned in article L. 215…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-2

I. - A territorial mental health project, the aim of which is to continuously improve access for the people concerned to safe, seamless, quality health and life paths, is drawn up and implemented on t…

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