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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-42-1

…her Member State for the first time, it shall provide the following information to the Autorité des marchés financiers:a) The Member State in which it intends to manage AIF units or shares directly or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-7

…applies to group insurance contracts and subscriptions concluded or made no later than 20 December 2012 and to these contracts and subscriptions tacitly renewed after this date. The derogation does n…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: DECISION TO REFUSE ENTRY AT THE FRONTIER

Article L332-3

…nal pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016. It is also applicable during checks carried out at an internal border in the event of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-4

Any person who has not been registered with the Autorité des marchés financiers may not provide the services referred to in 1° to 4° of Article L. 54-10-2. Any person who is not registered as a provid…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-20

…document attesting to the amount of aid received under the aforementioned decree no. 2020-371 of 30 March 2020.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L634-4

Natural persons implicated in an alert sent to the Autorité des marchés financiers or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in respect of a breach mentioned in Article L. 634-1 may not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article D532-23-1

…provided for in I ofArticle L. 511-27, subject to the observations and opinions of the Autorité des marchés financiers provided for in this sub-paragraph.Credit institutions wishing to use tied agents…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article R551-3

…e of residence or registered office of the manager, after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers. This court has jurisdiction to relieve the statutory auditors of their duties in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5-2

Except where there is a risk to patients' health, the proprietary medicinal products mentioned in b of 5° of Article L. 5121-1 which are presented in a modified-release oral pharmaceutical form differ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-4

In the event of agreement within the coordination group, referred to by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or by another State : 1° In the…

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