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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-24

…511-8-1 and Article L. 511-8-2; 3° Subsection 2 of Section 3, with the exception of Articles L. 511-27 and L. 511-28; 4° Within Section 4, Article L. 511-29, as regards branches; 5° Within Section 5,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-3

…h of the same article do not apply; 4° Article L. 1111-8 is applicable as drafted in Order no. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017, with the exception of the last sentence of the third paragraph of I, and the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120

…n the case of reinsurance by a local organisation, or to the central body defined in Article L. 322-27-1 in the case of retrocessions by a departmental or regional organisation. The provisions of Arti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article D712-30

…oncerning the International Registration of Marks of 14 April 1891, as amended, and its Protocol of 27 June 1989, as amended, the Institute shall send the alert electronically within three weeks of pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-1

…application of the provisions of articles L. 2121-8, L. 2121-9, L. 2121-19 and L. 2121-22 and L2121-27-1,these establishments are subject to the rules applicable to municipalities with 1,000 or more i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article R22-10-15

…eaning of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, nor personal data that relate to the family situation of corporate officers who are n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK V: FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L6500

…ion of nuclear testing pursuant to the last paragraph of article 6-1 of organic law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. The expenses mentioned in the first p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial assistance provided by the agency on its own behalf

Article R515-9

…f Organic Law no. 99-209 on New Caledonia and articles 17, 38 and 39 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia ;b) On authorisation given by joint de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-13

…ontractors recruited under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, for the purposes of designing, developing, maintaining and hosting the processing. II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Biological activities for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-26-1

…tions that comply with the provisions in force, particularly the order mentioned in article R. 2142-27. The room used for the storage of gametes, germinal tissue and embryos must be equipped with prot…

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