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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…thin a period of twelve months to comply with the obligations laid down in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or, where applicable, by Regulation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1-1

…e fund are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and penalties set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French penal code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 731-1

…r mobile electronic monitoring in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 763-12 and 763-13. The sentence enforcement court or the sentence enforcement judge, according to the distinctions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article LO6232-1

…Saint-Barthélemy.The provisions of the electoral code referred to in articles LO 1112-9 to LO 1112-13 of the present code are applicable under the conditions laid down by Chapter I of Title II of Boo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article LO6332-1

…ity of Saint-Martin.The provisions of the electoral code mentioned in articles LO 1112-9 to LO 1112-13 of this code are applicable under the conditions laid down by the Chapter I of Title III of Book…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…digestive surgery ; 12° Gynaecology-obstetrics, or medical gynaecology and gynaecology-obstetrics; 13° Anaesthesia and intensive care ; 14° Medical intensive care ; 15° Stomatology ; 16° Otolaryngolo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-6

…or professional category concerned, as the case may be. However, in accordance with article L. 4232-13, pharmacists practising in mainland France are eligible to stand for election as a representative…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Equalisation funds

Article 1648 A

I. - From 2013, the departmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-76

…l cooperation and mixed syndicates that benefit from the competence provided for in article L. 2224-13 may introduce a fee for the removal of household waste calculated on the basis of the service pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-3

…t be met by eligible commitments in order to satisfy the requirement mentioned in IV of Article L. 613-44 ; b) Owners or holders of an instrument or right referred to in Article L. 211-41 with charact…

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