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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…nderstood to be in accordance with the provisions of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 920/2013. The independence of control staff shall be guaranteed. The remuneration of each member of staf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…of the same code, are subject to a tax to finance the support fund created by Article 92 of Law No. 2013-1278 du 29 December 2013 de finances pour 2014, in respect of their activity carried out on 1 J…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations

Article L441-1-1

…delivery of agricultural products, within the meaning of Articles 148 and 168 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-1

…rudentiel et de résolution, take the measures provided for in Article 458 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with regard to the undertakings…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Permanent resident card

Article L426-4

…ed for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10, L. 423-11, L. 423-12, L. 423-16, L. 424-1, L. 424-3, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-1, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 426-6, L. 426-7 or L. 426-10, or the "long…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

…punishable by the articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 à 222-18-1, 222-23 à 222-33-1, 223-1 à 223-10, 223-13, 224-1 à 224-5, 225-7 à 225-9, 225-12-1 à 225-12-4,227-1, 227-2, 227-15 to 227-27-1 of the Crimin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons holding the required diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article R212-86

…212-9 ; 2° Who are subject to one of the measures provided for in II of article L. 212-9 or L. 212-13 ; 3° Who are subject to the prohibition provided for in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 ; 4° Who are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3

…nts as defined in article L. 221-1 ; 3° Popular savings passbook accounts defined in article L. 221-13; 4° Sustainable and socially responsible development passbooks defined in article L. 221-27; 5° H…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations applicable to instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L314-16

I. - Where the payment transaction is executed using an instrument referred to in Article L. 133-28, the payment service provider may provide the payer, on paper or on another durable medium, only wit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…the conditions provided for in article L. 384-3 of this Code, articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-13, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-18 and L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code do not apply. II. -…

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