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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-32

…58 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article L. 227-1, articles L. 227-13 to L. 227-16, L. 227-18, L. 228-23, L. 231-1 to L. 231-8, L. 233-8 and L. 441-14 of the French Commercial Code do not app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII: Provisions specific to sole traders with limited liability.

Article L680-6

…ets covered by the proceedings or, subject to the payment of the income mentioned in Article L. 526-18, to change the allocation of such property, where this would result in a reduction in the assets…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-1

…2° Brevet professionnel de préparateur en pharmacie. The provisions of articles D. 612-2 to D. 612-18, D. 613-1 and D. 613-6 of the Education Code apply to the Diplôme d'études universitaires scienti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-10

…own in Chapter I of Title III of Book II; 6° Issuing the qualifications mentioned in article L. 131-18; 7° The selection and management of teams bearing the name "Equipe de France"; 8° Access to top-l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-10

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority, within the meaning of paragraph 18 of Article 2 and paragraph 6 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-1

…appeal, including in the event of temporary secondment pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 18, the authorities mentioned in a to c of Article R. 14 or the head of the department to which the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions concerning the marketing and use of substances and mixtures classified as hazardous

Article R1342-21

…o 30 of Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 (REACH). II - When the substances or mixtures mentioned in the first paragraph of I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-21

…in the data processing is only used for the purposes mentioned in 1°, 2° and 4° of article R. 5134-18 by the employees of the administrations and bodies mentioned below, designated and authorised by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and terms of the contract

Article D6114-7

…sation is brought to the attention of the fund referred to in Articles L. 174-2, L. 174-2-1, L. 174-18 or L. 752-1 of the Social Security Code as well as the fund mentioned in article 3 of order no. 7…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-53

…the premises at the end of the current three-year period, either in application of articles L. 145-18 to L. 145-24, or with a view to carrying out work prescribed or authorised as part of an urban re…

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