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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-18

The core capital referred to in Article L. 351-6 is made up of the following elements: 1° The excess of assets over prudential liabilities, valued in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of this chapter;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-96

…irector General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall inform the European Medicines Agency, the other Member States of the European Un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-95

…irector General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may ask veterinary pharmacovigilance centres to carry out veterinary pharmacovigilance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-94

The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail is responsible for implementing the national veterinary pharmacovigilance system. It leads and coordinate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of issue and validity

Article R3262-1-2

When meal vouchers are issued in dematerialised form, the following provisions apply: 1° The information provided for in 1° and 2° of article R. 3262-1-1 appears clearly on the physical medium of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-13

…intend to offer its shares to the public, or which intends to make one of the offers referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or article L. 411-2-1 of the same c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions

Article L361-1

…ent and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions, detected pursuant to Article L. 511-7 of the French Consumer Code, are subject to an administrative f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-246

…National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the natural person at the time of registration: 1° For retailers: a) In the case of a natural person, the existence of a judicial authorisation to o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Credit and investment institutions

Article L516-1

Credit and investment institutions are credit institutions whose purpose is to provide, within the framework of an authorisation provided for in I of article L. 532-1, investment services mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

…of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.

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