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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of the professions vis-à-vis the public authorities.

Article L814-2

…ion to maintain and improve their knowledge and to supervise their studies. No later than 1 January 2014, the national council shall set up, under its responsibility, an electronic portal offering sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-40

…ant to Article 98.1 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market with the payment service provider managing…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Summary of customers

Article 289 B

…ax in another Member State of the European Union pursuant to Article 196 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax.II.-The recapitulative statement r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AE

…311-1 of the Public Health Code of each:1° Application for registration referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14 of the same code, of each application for renewal or of each application or no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to preventive group resolution plans

Article L613-40-1

…s of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010, if it considers that the matter at issue may have an impact on public finances in Fra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…s applicable locally in terms of access to work for foreign nationals" are added; 5° Article L. 414-12 reads as follows: "Art. L. 414-12.-The issue of residence permits bearing the words "employee", "…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-14 a (art. A322-77)

…(withoutsupervising the group)THE PRACTITIONER MUST PROVEthe following skills tothe dive directorPE-12Ability to dive in a supervised group from 0 to12 metresMastery of the use of personal equipment,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-3

…ollege mentioned in article L. 3211-9 recommending that a person mentioned in II of article L. 3211-12 be cared for in a form other than full hospitalisation, he/she will order an expert opinion under…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3

…o 9° ter and 9° sexies of article R. 332-2 ;3° 10% for all the securities mentioned in 10°, 11° and 12° of article R. 332-2, with the exception of the loans mentioned in the third and fourth paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…well as Articles L. 5426-2, L. 5438-1, 9°, 14°, 15°, 16° and 17° of Article L. 5461-9 and 8°, 11°, 12° and 13° of Article L. 5462-8 may not exceed €150,000 for a natural person and 10% of the turnove…

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