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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7253-8

…ion body for regional cooperation policies in the Antilles-Guyane zone provided for in I of article L. 4433-4-7.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions for the employment of children by approved persons.

Article L7124-4

…uired if the child is hired by a modelling agency operating under the conditions set out in article L. 7123-11 and which has obtained authorisation to hire children.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Implementation.

Article L7413-3

…the client's request, a declaration must be sent to the labour inspectorate referred to in Article L. 8112-1 as soon as the client begins or ceases to have home-based work carried out.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-4

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 8256-2 shall be liable to the additional penalty of closure of the premises or establishments owned or operated by them and used to co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Title VII: Salary funds.

Article L471-3

…plying this Title, in particular the procedures for approving the agreements referred to in Article L. 471-1 and the procedures for using the sums collected.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-13

I.-In order to provide the services mentioned in 4 or 5 of Article L. 321-1, investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall obtain the necessary information concerning th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-1

…h a university hospital centre for the university hospital activities provided for in IV of article L. 6132-3. This association is set out in the territorial hospital grouping's shared medical project…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-1

French insurance undertakings and their branches referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-2 as well as French branches of insurance undertakings referred to in 3° and 4° of the same Article may be authoris…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

…n does not comply with the additional capital requirements imposed in accordance with II of Article L. 511-41-3 ;4° The credit institution no longer fulfils the conditions or undertakings to which its…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-1

…ete independence and full responsibility in accordance with the code of ethics mentioned in article L. 4321-21. In the context of hereditary, congenital or acquired, stabilised or progressive patholog…

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