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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-128

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may issue to veterinary pharmaceutical establishments exporting medicated feeding…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-362

A contractual practitioner suffering from a duly diagnosed condition which, with the exception of the pathologies mentioned in article R. 6152-39, on the list drawn up in application ofarticle 28 of d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-2

…de résolution shall ensure, under the conditions set out in Articles L. 612-17, L. 612-23 to L. 612-27 and L. 612-44, that the banking and financial activities carried out by Caisse des dépôts et cons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L773-2

…672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-4-3 Act no. 2019-1147 of 8 November 2019 L. 511-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-6 with the exception of its fourth to sixth, twelfth to fifteenth and eighteenth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L774-2

…672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-4-3 Act no. 2019-1147 of 8 November 2019 L. 511-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-6 with the exception of its fourth to sixth, twelfth to fifteenth and eighteenth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L775-2

…672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-4-3 Act no. 2019-1147 of 8 November 2019 L. 511-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-6 with the exception of its fourth to sixth, twelfth to fifteenth and eighteenth…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 septies

…défense des appellations d'origine constituted in the form of a syndicate governed by the loi du 21 mars 1884 relative aux syndicats professionnels ou d'association relevant de la loi du 1er juillet 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-22

…irectors in office. However, directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1, directors representing employee shareholders or the company mutual fund pursuant to article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Local public companies

Article L1864-1

…companies are competent, subject to compliance with II of Article 43 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia, to carry out development operations w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

…04/72/ EC, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Directive 2014/65/ EU and Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 and (EU) 2017/1129…

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