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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-37

I. - A feeder general-purpose investment fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in units or shares of the same master UCITS or AIF and hold up to 100% of the units or shares of the master UCITS or A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions relating to checks prior to opening a Livret A passbook account

Article R221-124

I. - The information communicated by the tax authorities pursuant to article R. 221-123 may not be communicated to the institution's sales department, which is informed only of the existence of anothe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article R224-7

…the agreement or, where the plan has not been set up in application of an agreement, the employer, may decide to transfer employees' assets to the plan of the new company. Employee representatives ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-3

…he national police or gendarmerie services, the control officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 may call upon sworn interpreters registered on one of the lists provided for in Article 157 of the C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Disciplinary proceedings

Article R1442-22-10

The councillor in question may be assisted by one of his peers, by a lawyer admitted to the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation or by a lawyer registered with a bar association. The file on the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Use of credits by organisations

Article R2135-26

…year are returned to the fund and added to the total amount of appropriations of the same type that may be allocated for the following year. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, funds pai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D1221-58

…f the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The import authorisation may be suspended or revoked by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicamen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1222-4

…rectors meets at least three times a year, convened by its Chairman, who sets the agenda. A meeting may be convened and its agenda included at the request of the Minister for Health or at least one th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Use of residential premises

Article R1331-38

Residential premises and their outbuildings, including garages, may not be used for activities, appliances or engines that emit combustion gases when in operation, unless they are designed to protect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation, registration and declaration decisions

Article R1333-135

The Nuclear Safety Authority may carry out a generic review of the conditions of implementation of a category of nuclear activities. This review is carried out taking into account, in particular, the…

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