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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

…enefits in kind or in cash, in any form whatsoever, in a direct or indirect manner, provided by marketing authorisation, registration, temporary use authorisation and parallel trade holders as well as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-25

…s and kidnappings punishable by articles 221-1 à 221-5-5,222-1 à 222-18-3,222-22 à 222-33-1,223-1-1 et 224-1 to 224-5-2 of the Penal Code, if it proves that it has received the consent of the victim o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L774-28

…531-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 531-2 with the exception of c), n) and o) of its 2°.Ordinance no. 2021-1652 of 15 December 2021 L. 531-4 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 531-5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

…er person, if he has been convicted within the last ten years of a final offence referred to in II: 1° Direct, manage, administer or be a member of a collegiate supervisory body of an organisation men…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-11

The parties may be represented by : 1° A lawyer ; 2° A ministerial officer of the jurisdiction, who is exempt from producing a power of attorney; 3° An agent of their choice with power of attorney. If…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-2

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall acknowledge receipt in writing, within two business days of its receipt, of the notification of an acquisition or extension of shareholdin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-25

The data collected in the context of article R. 40-24 may only concern the following categories: 1° Persons in respect of whom there is serious or corroborating evidence during a preliminary investiga…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article R4323-2

…to masseur-physiotherapists.For the application of article R. 4124-3-5 to masseur-physiotherapists, 1°, 2° and 3° of II of article R. 4124-3-5 are replaced by the following provisions:"For masseur-phy…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-273

…commercial matters at the same time as the application for registration, amending registration, deletion or filing in the Trade and Companies Register, in the Special Register of Commercial Agents or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Risk assessment

Article R4433-1

…e the noise levels to which workers are exposed. The purpose of this assessment and measurement is: 1° To determine the physical parameters defined in article R. 4431-1 ; 2° To establish whether, in a…

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