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Showing 23612370 of 3334 articles for Art. Ordinance no. 2019-359 – 24 Apr. 2019

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L763-11

…the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 452-1 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 452-2, with the exception of its 3rd paragraph Law n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L762-11

…the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 452-1 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 452-2, with the exception of its 3rd paragraph Law n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R4211-7

…fer the matter to the Commission des participations et des transferts provided for in Article 25 of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Duties of the coordinator.

Article R4532-14

The co-ordinator shall take account of interference with operating activities on the site within or near which the worksite is located and, to this end, shall in particular: 1° Carries out a joint ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article R4233-1

I.-Ordinary members are elected in accordance with article L. 4233-6. Each pair of candidates for the office of titular ordinal councillor shall stand with their alternates. Each elector votes for as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-6

To be eligible for election to one of the councils of the ordre, a pharmacist must :1° Be an elector for the department, region or professional category concerned, as the case may be. However, in acco…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-5

…ook VI of the Commercial Code, Articles L. 222-1 and L. 212-23 of the Mutual Code or Article L. 932-24 of the Social Security Code.The movable assets resulting from the accounting records of the auxil…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-27

…o a court of law. The time spent on the negotiations provided for in articles L. 2232-23-1, L. 2232-24 and L. 2232-25 cannot be deducted from the delegation hours provided for in article L. 2315-7. Ea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-2

…et L. 5211-59 ; 7° The second and third paragraphs of article L. 5212-20 ; 8° Les articles L. 5212-24 à L. 5212-24-2 ; 9° Les articles L. 5214-1 à L. 5214-29 ; 10° Les articles L. 5216-1 à L. 5216-10…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Visiting foreign nationals

Article L426-20

…le L. 821-1 of the Social Security Code and the supplementary allowance mentioned in article L. 815-24 of the same code, will be issued with a temporary residence permit marked "visitor" for a period…

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