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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-5

…the Criminal Code shall apply to any person who fails to comply with the obligations set out in the last paragraph of Article L. 214-42 as it read prior toOrder 2011-915 of 1 August 2011 relating to U…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Property and undivided rights between several communes

Article L5842-32

…subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of article L. 5222-2:1° The last sentence of the fourth paragraph is deleted;2° The last paragraph is replaced by the following…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Support for cultural industries

Article R1511-43-2

…sociation; 2° A description of the establishment; > and 3° The company's operating accounts for the last two financial years preceding the application or, failing that, for the last financial year pre…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D3141-32

The hourly wage used to calculate holiday pay is the quotient of the amount of the last pay paid to the employee in the reporting company that last employed him/her by the number of hours worked durin…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Associate assistants.

Article R6152-539

…eption of 2° and the fifth paragraph, R. 6152-502, R. 6152-504, with the exception of the first and last paragraphs, R. 6152-508 to R. 6152-510, R. 6152-511-1, R. 6152-513, R. 6152-518, with the excep…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article D312-7

The threshold mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 312-17 is set at 3,000 euros.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L912-2

The last paragraph of Article L. 225-43 and that of Article L. 225-91 are deleted.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L942-6

The last paragraph of article L. 225-43 and that of article L. 225-91 are deleted.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L932-8

The last paragraph of article L. 225-43 and that of article L. 225-91 are deleted.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Finance companies carrying out a permanent mission in the public interest.

Article R515-4

The competent authority referred to in the last paragraph of article R. 515-3 is the Minister for the Economy.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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