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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-5

…provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/573 of 6 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments by tech…

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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 L281-7

…t-Miquelon: 1° The references to Directive 2004/38 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside free…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Radiation protection inspector

Article R1333-168

…ty appoints the radiation protection inspectors mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1333-29 from among its staff, as defined inArticle 16 of Law No. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the genera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-1

…charges resulting from any modification by the State of the standards set for this remuneration. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall set the terms and conditions for the application of this paragrap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1059

…tificates, notifications, judgments, contracts, receipts and other acts made pursuant to the loi du 29 décembre 1892 sur les dommages causés à la propriété privée par l'exécution des travaux publics s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: MEASURES APPLICABLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A DECISION OF EXPULSION, A PENALTY OF BANNING FROM FRENCH TERRITORY OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE BAN FROM FRENCH TERRITORY IN CASE OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L753-5

…L. 753-1 in accordance with the procedures and within the timeframe provided for in Article L. 531-29.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-28

…cers or judicial police officers belonging to the departments or units designated in articles R. 15-29 to R. 15-33 are competent, within the limits defined by these articles, to carry out their duties…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: DEPARTMENTS OF HAUTS-DE-SEINE, SEINE-SAINT-DENIS AND VAL-DE-MARNE

Article R3421-1

…Denis and Val-de-Marne, under the conditions set out in articles R. 2512-27, R. 2512-28 and R. 2512-29.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations

Article R5215-3

For the application of article L. 5215-29 : - An operation is considered to be a coherent whole of such a nature as to be put into service without any additions; - An operation is considered to have b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Investments

Article R353-2

…referred to in Articles 254 to 257 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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