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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L784-8

…ber 2021 L. 621-9-3 Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 621-10 QPC decision no. 2017-646/647 of 21 July 2017 L. 621-10-1 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 621-10-2 Law no. 2018-898 of 23 October 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L783-8

…ber 2021 L. 621-9-3 Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 621-10 QPC decision no. 2017-646/647 of 21 July 2017 L. 621-10-1 Act no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 621-10-2 Act no. 2018-898 of 23 October 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L785-7

…ber 2021 L. 621-9-3 Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 621-10 QPC decision no. 2017-646/647 of 21 July 2017 L. 621-10-1 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 621-10-2 Law no. 2018-898 of 23 October 20…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title V: Social security and social assistance

Article 1441-4

…heard by the judicial courts and courts of appeal specially designated pursuant to Articles L. 211-16 , L. 311-15 and L. 311-16 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire are set out in Chapter 2 of Ti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-8

…one of the cessation clauses provided for in section C of article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951. For the application of sections 5 and 6 of the same section C, the change in circumstance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-2

…ors who qualified before 31 December 1952, veterinary surgeons and dentists who qualified before 31 July 1950, and midwives who qualified before 31 July 1948 are permitted to practise their art concur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: French Health Products Safety Agency.

Article L5523-1

…territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Order No. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022.Article L. 5312-3 is applicable there in the version resulting from Order no. 2022-1086 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-6

…ed for in Articles 24 and 24 bis and the third and fourth paragraphs of Article 33 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press, unless these offences result from the content of a message pl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-2-1

…atment of candidates and transparency of procedures defined in Article 1 of Order No 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 on public contracts.The national councils of the orders may set up a central purchasing bo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-30

French undertakings authorised on 23 July 1976 to conduct one or more of the classes mentioned in 1 to 17 of article R. 321-1, and whose total annual written premiums or contributions as at 31 July 19…

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