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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

…nised as an execution venue by 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…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-16

…a clearly identifiable flavour whose sales volume represents, within the European Union, on 20 May 2016, 3% or more of a given category of tobacco products.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-3

…1,207 euros.The amount allocated in 2008 to each region exercising the powers defined in article L. 214-6 of the Education Code is obtained by applying a coefficient to the total amount of the regiona…

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

Article D533-4

…ounterparty in accordance with Article 71(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 to apply to be placed in a category offering greater protection if it considers that it i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-3

…ORKERS I. - Reference framework Article L. 1181-1 of the present code, resulting from the law of 13 April 2016 aimed at strengthening the fight against the prostitution system and supporting people in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-5

…he limit of the first family name for each of them, joined in alphabetical order. Where article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23 or this article has been applied in respect of a child of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-26

…to the promotion of a tobacco product which are prohibited by application of 1° of Article L. 3512-21; 6° The characteristics that the unique identifier must have, the conditions for designating the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-300

…L. 631-16 and in the event of implementation of the plan recorded in application of Articles L. 631-21 and L. 626-28; 3° Judgements handed down in respect of judicial liquidation in the event of closu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-14

…lors to the assembly and members of the executive council pursuant to articles L. 7227-19 à L. 7227-21. The actual amount of this training expenditure may not exceed 20% of the same amount. Appropriat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-34

…e with the provisions of Article 723-31, order a medical examination, the provisions of Article 712-21 requiring for certain crimes a duality of experts not being applicable to this expertise.If they…

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