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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

…Four or Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirements set out in its Articles 92a and 92b ;3° The credit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-3-3

…Code, and by the service providers mentioned in 1 and 2 of I of Article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004for confidence in the digital economy is carried out under the conditions defined in this a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-28

…thin the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, of at least EUR 3.8 million, except where these guarantees are granted under the financia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-48

…licable provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regula…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-59

…referred to in Article L. 311-11, when it adopts the measures provided for in III of Article L. 311-12 of the same code, and when it draws up the report provided for in Article L. 311-14, the resoluti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-2

…res referred to in article L. 3332-15 of the French Labour Code, in accordance with article L. 3334-12 of that code. The Supervisory Boards shall comply with the provisions of article L. 214-164 of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…administrator of a social security fund mentioned inarticle L. 231-11 of the Social Security Code; 12° Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture, mentioned inarticle L. 515-1 of the rural a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R771-2

For the application of Article R. 771-1: 1° In Article R. 712-5, references to the provisions of Article L. 811-1 are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose; 2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-2

…cessing of an application for the first issue of the residence permit referred to in article L. 426-12 does not authorise the holder to work, unless it is issued in application of article L. 426-13 an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Revenue from the operating section

Article L2573-43

…replaced by the following provisions: "1° Les produits des redevances pour services rendus;"2° Les 12°, 13°, 14° et 15° deviennent respectivement : 2°, 3°, 4° et 5°.

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