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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-1

…a contract with a service provider who posts employees, under the conditions mentioned in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2, shall check with the latter, before the posting begins, that it has fulfill…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-4

The insurance scheme provided for in article L. 143-11-1 is implemented by an association set up by the most representative national professional employers' organisations and approved by the Minister…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-4-2

…torate control officer or the equivalent control officer mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 8112-1 who establishes, where applicable upon receipt of the declaration mentioned in article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-4

…igations set out in this article once the company that controls them, within the meaning of Article L. 233-3, draws up and implements a due diligence plan relating to the activity of the company and a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article L2213-4-2

…In order to facilitate the detection of breaches of traffic regulations adopted pursuant to Article L. 2213-4-1 and to enable evidence of these offences to be gathered and their perpetrators to be tra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-4-1

Financial investment advisers as defined in article L. 541-1 are registered in the single register mentioned in article L. 546-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses.

Article L2123-18-4

When mayors and deputy mayors use the universal employment-service cheque provided for by Article L. 1271-1 of the Labour Code to ensure the remuneration of employees or approved associations or compa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-7

…the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose his appointment pursuant to Article L. 612-23-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the undertakings referred to in 1° of III of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-4

Any person employed by one of the persons referred to in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 or participating in any capacity whatsoever in its direction or management and having, in the course of its pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-6

…y the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose their election, pursuant toArticle L. 612-23-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the companies referred to in 1° of III of Art…

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