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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Movement on French territory

Article R414-5

Subject to the specific provisions laid down in Articles R. 561-5 to R. 561-11, any travel document issued for a period of more than one year shall incorporate the security features and biometric elem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…to issue bonds called obligations foncières benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and to raise other resources, for which the contract or the document intended for public informat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-30-1

…marchés financiers may only be held liable for the application of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and its delegated regulations in respect of the approval of prospectuses.

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

Article L5211-3-2

The reprocessing of single-use devices referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, their placing on the market and their use ar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-3

…or during the periods provided for in Article 27(1) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017: 1° By way of derogation from Article 343(2) of this Code, the action f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-1

…e staff of the departments of the High Council is composed in accordance with Article 16 of Law No. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general statute of independent administrative authorities and inde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions

Article R517-9

For the purposes of determining the threshold of 40 billion euros set out in Article L. 517-11, the total value of the assets in the European Union of a group whose parent undertaking is established i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-51

…terms and conditions of the issue, in accordance with the procedures set out in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals temporarily residing on French territory

Article D426-12

…east three years and holds the authorisation provided for in article 15 de la loi n° 2006-586 du 23 mai 2006 relative au volontariat associatif et à l'engagement éducatif. Its validity ends at the sam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-1

…ated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 311-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 311-2Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing vari…

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