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Showing 31413150 of 66753 articles for Art. s. L. 221-1 & L. 221-2

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-24

…ed establishment of a branch or use of a person for the distribution, within the meaning of Article L. 525-8, of electronic money.III. - In order to supervise the electronic money institutions referre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-27

…period, as well as equivalent compensatory rest in time.The order issued in application of article L. 3132-26 determines the conditions under which this rest is granted, either collectively or by rot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26

…d for each retail establishment by decision of the mayor taken after consulting the municipal council. The number of such Sundays may not exceed twelve per calendar year. The list of Sundays is drawn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics.

Article L1412-2

…he recommendation of ministers whose list is set by decree to cover the fields mentioned in Article L. 1412-1;5° Fifteen leading figures from the research and health sectors proposed by bodies whose l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-29

…calculated on the basis of the volume of sales of the speciality over the last twelve rolling months. Information relating to the location of this safety stock is kept at the disposal of the Agence n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-23

…on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code under the conditions set out in the General Regulation o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-26

The free shares referred to in Article L. 3332-14 are only available after a minimum period of five years from their payment into the plan. The provisions of articles L. 225-197-4 and L. 225-197-5 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-2

For the application in Mayotte of the provisions of articles L. 5125-3 to L. 5125-17, the transfer of a pharmacy means the relocation of a pharmacy within the same municipality or to another municipal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-26

Articles L. 5422-4 and L. 5422-5 apply to the allowance for self-employed workers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-2

…professional users, other than healthcare professionals, as part of a service intended for consumers. The Agency shall be the authority responsible for notified bodies in accordance with the provisio…

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