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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L744-14

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-9

In companies with fewer than fifty employees, which do not have a works council and which are not covered by a joint body mentioned in article L. 411-20, and as far as the individual employer is conce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-93

The following may be members of a local savings company: public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status and, under the conditions set out in the Articles of Association, natural p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-45

When a unitholder or shareholder who holds more than 20% but less than 99% of the units or shares of an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities requests the redemption of unit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-23

Mayors of communes or chairmen of special delegations receive a functional allowance set by applying the reference term mentioned in article L. 2123-20 the following scale: Population (inhabitants) Ra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-11

I.-In accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the Minister for the Economy shall adopt measures aimed at imposing specific conditions, restricting or prohibiting the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-2

The advertising defined in Article L. 5213-1 relates to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 which have the EU d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-6

The State and the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy exercise, each insofar as it is concerned, their right of ownership over their public domain and their private domain. The local authority's domain i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special payment rules

Article L224-25

The compulsory retirement savings plan must be able to receive the following payments, made in cash: 1° The voluntary payments mentioned in 1° of article L. 224-2. The provisions of the second paragra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing of the insurance allowance.

Article L5422-9

The insurance allowance and the allowance for self-employed workers provided for in Section 4 of Chapter IV of this Title are financed by :1° Employers' contributions ;2° Where applicable, contributio…

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