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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-2

…hed to shares in credit institutions or financial institutions within the meaning of Article L. 511-21 held directly or indirectly in an irregular manner, until the situation has been rectified.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-52

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of II of Article L. 356-21, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capacity as group supervisor may, after consulting the members of the college of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-2-1

Practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 and article L. 952-21 of the Education Code may not work on a freelance basis within the Armed Forces Medical Corps. Practice in an army hospital or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-1

…adaptations determined by regulation and in compliance with the obligations imposed by articles L. 2143-21 and L. 2325-5 of the same code. A decree makes the necessary adjustments to the employee rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order.

Article R237-15

…petition, is competent to take the decisions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 237-21, in article L. 237-23, in the third paragraph of article L. 237-24, in the second paragraph of ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-76

…is prohibited until they have been repaired or replaced. The customer mentioned in article R. 1331-21 shall have them examined by an installer, or any other person qualified in accordance with articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-75

…ength of the flue is empty. The certificate is given to the contractor mentioned in article R. 1331-21, who keeps it and makes it available to the agents mentioned in article L. 1312-1 of this code an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-12

…tional public health emergency action plan as provided for by the International Health Regulations (2005). It is based on the general provisions of the departmental civil protection response organisat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-6

I. - Société du Grand Paris may award an overall contract to an economic operator for all or part of the design, construction and development of the infrastructure of the Greater Paris public transpor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-3

The following are inadmissible: 1° An application for a declaration of invalidity brought by the proprietor of an earlier trade mark which has been registered for more than five years at the date of t…

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