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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Final provisions

Article L1254-18

…isions of Title IV of Book II of Part One of this Code do not apply, with the exception of Articles L. 1242-10, L. 1242-16, L. 1243-1 to L. 1243-6 and L. 1243-8.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6

The rules governing the creation of preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-1 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-67

Articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-2, articles L. 225-3 to L. 225-16, L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article L. 227-1, article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-15

…canvass, subject to the procedures for exercising the right of withdrawal set out in II of article L. 341-16 . The first paragraph of this article does not apply to the persons mentioned in 7° and 8°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article L2362-3

The provisions of articles L. 2352-3 to L. 2352-8 relating to the appointment, election and status of the members of the special negotiating body apply to the European Cooperative Society.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-12

For the purposes of Articles L. 511-33, L. 526-35, L. 571-4 and L. 572-17, the persons mentioned in Article L. 525-8 are treated in the same way as persons employed by electronic money issuers.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L362-1

Articles L. 311-1 to L. 311-6, L. 311-8 and L. 311-9, L. 324-1 to L. 324-2 and L. 342-1 to L. 342-29 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advances and deposits

Article L2232-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 2213-8, partnership contracts may give rise to payments on account.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative penalties.

Article L5426-6

The penalty is recovered by Pôle emploi. The provisions of article L. 5426-8-2 are applicable to the recovery of the penalty.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-9

The health services mentioned in article L. 1411-8 contribute, each within the framework of the missions assigned to it, to the health policy defined in articles L. 1411-1 and L. 1411-1-1.

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