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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Criminal provisions

Article D351-2

The Treasury's action for the detection of the offences referred to in Articles L. 351-2 and L. 351-3 is time-barred on expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 188 of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-3

Officers of the judicial police, assisted, where appropriate, by the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of article 21, may inspect vehicles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Age conditions for medically assisted procreation and self-preservation of gametes

Article R2141-38

Artificial insemination, the use of gametes or germ tissue collected, retrieved or preserved for the purposes of medically assisted procreation in application of articles L. 2141-2, L. 2141-11 and L.…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article R362-2

The following provisions do not apply 1° Section 1 of Chapter I of Title I ; 2° Section 1 of Chapter IV of Title II; 3° Chapter II of Title IV of this Book.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to paediatric surgery

Article R6123-206

The paediatric surgical care activity referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 6123-202, consists of the surgical care, defined in the first paragraph of article R. 6123-201, of children under the age…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5831-2

For the application to Mayotte of these provisions: 1° The reference to the department, the overseas department, the region or the overseas region is replaced by the reference to the Department of May…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-10-3

For the application of III of Article L. 561-5, the persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2 shall identify and verify the identity of the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitali…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-1

The provisions of this section apply:1° To any person exercising a commercial or craft activity, to any farmer and to any natural person exercising an independent professional activity, including a li…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Lifting loads

Article R4324-28

Work equipment used for lifting loads is equipped and installed in such a way as to reduce the risks associated with the movement of loads, so that they: 1° Do not strike workers; 2° Do not drift dang…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-13

The third party referred to in Article L. 561-7 shall forward without delay to the persons referred to in 1° to 6° of Article L. 561-2 the information gathered in connection with the implementation of…

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