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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-1

I. - The purpose of food vigilance, known as nutrivigilance, is to monitor, assess and prevent the risk of undesirable effects linked to the consumption of the foodstuffs and foods mentioned in II of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

I.-The articles of this section apply, unless otherwise stipulated, to buildings for which planning permission was issued before 1st July 1997, whether they belong to private or public persons. II - I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-1

Other than the documents mentioned in articles R. 621-1, R. 631-1 or R. 641-1, and in Article R. 690-1, the following documents, presented in French or accompanied by a translation into French, shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Multiannual contract of objectives and resources

Article R5213-68

I.-The Prefect shall monitor the implementation of the multiannual contract of objectives and resources. At the request of the adapted enterprise, the Prefect will provide it with any information need…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…own planning and urban renewal and in the priority neighbourhoods mentioned in article 5 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on town planning and urban cohesion, enabling housing to acquire techni…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVIII: Tax credit for new productive investments in overseas France

Article 244 quater W

…dit provided for in I is subject to compliance with Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-2

…ised account-keeping service within the meaning of Section A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-2

…y Article 1 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/575 of 8 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments with re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

…ation whose valuation, in accordance with Article 13 of Commission Regulation 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, corresponds to the net value of the share of the trust assets on which the liability of the tr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-20

…is Article are set out in Article 238 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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