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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-13

…e European Economic Area, as well as investment funds established under foreign law, provided that :1° These other AIFs or investment funds governed by foreign law are subject to supervision equivalen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro

Article L721-3

The Governor of the Banque de France shall make applicable in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon the measures necessary for the performance of the tasks mentioned in Section 1 of Chapter I of Title IV of Book I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of occupational therapist and psychomotricist

Article D4333-6

…tent of each list is limited to practising professionals and, for each of them, the following data: 1° The personal identifier in the register referred to in article D. 4113-118; 2° The surname and fi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° sexies : Redynamising employment areas

Article 1383 H

Unless the municipality or public inter-municipal cooperation body with its own tax system decides otherwise under the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A bis, properties located in the employme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Creation and form of the bill of exchange.

Article L511-1

I. - The bill of exchange contains: 1° The name of the bill of exchange inserted in the actual text of the instrument and expressed in the language used for the drafting of that instrument; 2° The pur…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Substitution of a new holder

Article R2194-6

…y be modified when a new contractor replaces the initial contractor, in one of the following cases: 1° In application of a review clause or an option in accordance with the provisions of article R. 21…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Emergency medical assistance, permanent care and medical transport

Article L6422-2

For the application of this chapter, in article L. 6314-1, the words: "in article L. 162-5, as part of their self-employed activity, and in articles L. 162-5-10 and L. 162-32-1 of the Social Security…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-6

For the application of article L. 2313-1, the budget documents of the caisses des écoles remain deposited at the head office of the public establishment. For the school funds of municipalities with 3,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-3

…d its unitholders, debt security holders or shareholders must comply with the following provisions: 1° The securitisation undertaking, its management company and, where applicable, the sponsor where t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-4

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III in French Polynesia:1° Article L. 2311-1 reads as follows:"Art. L. 2311-1 -The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book I, with the exce…

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