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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1-1

Any investment fund established under foreign law other than a closed-end fund, other than a UCITS or an FIA, requires authorisation from the Autorité des marchés financiers before it can market its u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-16-1

Statutory auditors are released from professional secrecy with regard to the public accountant of a public body when they are responsible for certifying the accounts of that body. Statutory auditors s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-3-1

Within insurance and reinsurance undertakings, with the exception of those referred to in article L. 322-3, the committee referred to in article L. 823-19 of the Commercial Code also monitors risk man…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commission agents in general.

Article L132-1

A commission agent is one who acts in his own name or under a corporate name on behalf of a principal. The duties and rights of a commission agent acting on behalf of a principal are determined by the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L132-16

Any contract concluded as a result of an unlawful commercial practice mentioned in article L. 121-12 is null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18

…ment on the collective termination of employment concluded under the conditions set out in articles L. 1237-19 to L. 1237-19-8, or in companies that have concluded a collective agreement on job and sk…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-1

…e liable for damage resulting from nosocomial infections, unless they can prove an extraneous cause.II. - When a professional, an establishment, a service or a body mentioned in I or a producer of pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2123-17

Without prejudice to the provisions of this chapter, the offices of mayor, deputy mayor and municipal councillor shall be free of charge.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prior declaration.

Article L4532-1

…ity ; 2° To the professional body for health, safety and working conditions provided for by article L. 4111-6 in the building and public works sector; 3° To the social security bodies responsible for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…n of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableIn the w…

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