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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value

Article L2242-16

The negotiations provided for in Article L. 2242-15 give rise to information by the employer on the provision of employees to the trade union organisations or employers' associations mentioned in Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-16

…communications. The decrees of the Minister responsible for the economy issued pursuant to Articles L. 611-1, L. 611-3 and L. 611-4 and the rules of the Comite de la réglementation bancaire et financi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-16

…communications. The decrees of the Minister responsible for the economy issued pursuant to Articles L. 611-1, L. 611-3 and L. 611-4 and the rules of the Comite de la réglementation bancaire et financi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-16

…ody responsible for the event. These tests are carried out under the conditions set out in articles L. 232-12, L. 232-13-1, L. 232-13-2 and L. 232-14 to L. 232-14-4.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-16

…by the inter-regional council of the Ile-de-France region under the conditions laid down in article L. 4124-1. In this case, the complaint concerning a midwife is lodged with this inter-regional counc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16

With a view to the application of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 1121-11 and article L. 1121-12 and for the research mentioned in 1° of article L. 1121-1 concerning the products m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article L5842-16

I. - The articles L. 5212-15 to L. 5212-17 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article L. 5212-15, after the words "or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-16

…an order to suspend, modify or withdraw an authorisation issued by the Agency pursuant to articles L. 5145-3 and L. 5145-4 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…rities issued by the company or by any company linked to it under the conditions set out in article L. 3344-1 of the French Labour Code. II. - The fund rules specify the composition and procedures for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-16

…ed out subject to reciprocity. The obligation of professional secrecy provided for in II of Article L. 621-4 shall not prevent the Autorité des marchés financiers, by way of derogation from the provis…

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