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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R783-11

…0 October 2013R. 613-16no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-17n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-18, with the exception of IIno. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-19n° 2005-1677 of 28 December 200…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-21

…ere the person does not benefit from the speciality rule in accordance with 1° to 4° of Article 695-18; 2° Where the person expressly agrees, after surrender, to be delivered to another Member State u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-77

…court may, for offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73, with the exception of 11° and 18°, 706-73-1 and 706-74, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86

…n investigation, the Agency shall examine the results of the analyses referred to in article L. 232-18, the biological profile referred to in article L. 232-12-1 and any other information or intellige…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-17

…ating in particular to the status of the ingredients with regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 and Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of 16 December 2008, toxicological data and the he…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398 A

…own tax system on non-built properties classified in the 2nd and 6th categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and included within the perimeter of a pastora…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

…efit of the exemption is also subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R592-3

…ir fingerprints taken pursuant to Article R. 521-7 are unusable," are deleted; 5° In Article R. 521-18, the reference to Article R. 521-7 is deleted; 6° The second paragraph of Article R. 552-8 is not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Dispensaries

Article L6424-1

…grated into the public health establishment from the date set by article 50 of law no. 2003-1199 of 18 December 2003 on the financing of social security for 2004. The rights and obligations, receivabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

…Interior. III. III.The rights of rectification and limitation of data referred to in Articles 16 to 18 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in the Article 106 of the afo…

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