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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-1

…712-19 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 713-2 Resulting from Decree no. 2020-1452 of 27 November 2020 R. 713-3 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 Article R. 713-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-3

…resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511-10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 511-12-2 Law no. 201…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-15

…1 of sub-section 3 of this section and the authorised and sworn agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 may record acts likely to constitute infringements provided for in articles L. 335-2, L. 335-3, L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Governance

Article L224-36

…ncial situation and actuarial balance of the auxiliary allocation accounts referred to inarticle L. 142-4 of the Insurance Code. The statutory auditors are then released from their obligation of profe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-6

…l. They are subject to professional secrecy under the conditions defined by articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.

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

Article L422-1-1

…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 General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 D

…that are not ancillary transactions and the transactions referred to in I and in 1° to 7°, 12° and 14° of II of article 262 and article 263.II. - The turnover referred to in III of article 293 B is m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 D

…f information in the form of copies of the files referred to in article 43 of Decree no. 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 as amended, the rates defined in 1° and 2° of I shall apply.I.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-52

…4-10 à L. 2334-12, the first three paragraphs of article L. 2334-13 and I and II of Article L. 2334-14-1 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2

…importer and the distributor, are defined by this Regulation, in particular in its Articles 10, 13, 14, 87, 88 and 89. In addition, any healthcare professional or professional user of the device who i…

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