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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article D214-32-31

…shares or units of general-purpose investment funds, other than those referred to in Article L. 214-26-1, marketed in France, as well as the shares or units of FIAs governed by foreign law marketed in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Therapeutic patient education

Article R1521-6

Articles D. 1161-1 to R. 1161-26 are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the table in I and subject to the adaptations me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-20

…state of the local authority provided for in the tenth paragraph of article 33 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. C.-The report provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

…ed for in article 222-10 of the said code; 3° Crimes of rape provided for in articles 222-23 to 222-26 of the same code and the offence provided for in article 222-26-1 of the same code; 4° Sexual ass…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article L773-9

…513-24 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-25 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-26 Order no. 2016-131 of 10 February 2016 L. 513-26-1 Ordinance no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article L774-9

…513-24 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-25 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-26 Order no. 2016-131 of 10 February 2016 L. 513-26-1 Ordinance no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specialised credit institutions

Article L775-8

…513-24 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-25 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-26 Order no. 2016-131 of 10 February 2016 L. 513-26-1 Ordinance no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…14, 21-14-1, 21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as well as to Article 2 of Act no. 64-1328 of 26 December 1964 authorising the approval of the Council of Europe Convention on the Reduction of Ca…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L591-2

…esponsible pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-7

…served under the regime of home detention under electronic surveillance defined by the Article 132-26 of the Criminal Code either in the event of a sentence of one or more custodial sentences whose t…

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