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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-2

…psy examination carried out at his request, as well as an analysis of the epidemiological context ; 2° The prior performance of an additional examination to identify the bacterial strain responsible f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-2

…horisation for a series of import operations envisaged over a maximum period of one year and for a given overall quantity. The same applies to veterinary medicinal products intended for storage in a n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-20

…products classified as narcotics or to which the narcotics regulations apply in whole or in part ; 2° Medicinal products classified as psychotropic. However, these medicinal products remain subject t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-2

…st money laundering and terrorist financing, including those of the European regulations on restrictive measures taken pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European U…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-2

…les L. 533-1, L. 533-6, L. 533-9, L. 533-11 to L. 533-20, the first paragraph of Article L. 533-23, 2° and 4° of Article L. 533-24, 1° and 2° of Article L. 533-24-1, Articles L. 632-1 to L. 632-6, L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: European FIA management companies

Article L532-21-3

…and of the first paragraph of article L. 532-18-1 as well as the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II are applicable to management companies established in another Member State…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-2

The request for authorisation shall be addressed to the public prosecutor at the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the reservist's first assignment takes place. This request is forwarded by th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26-1

I.-Sociétés de crédit foncier may use the "European covered bond" label for the "obligations foncières" and other senior debt referred to in Article L. 513-2, paragraph 2 of the first paragraph that t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-5

I. - Any person wishing to carry out an itinerant commercial or craft activity must present, at the request of the agents mentioned in article L. 123-30 the valid card allowing the exercise of an itin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-3

…rovided for in Article L. 123-29 is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt.If the application is incomplete, the regional chamber of commerce and indust…

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