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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-1

…he loi n° 95-66 du 20 janvier 1995 relative à l'accès à l'activité de conducteur ou au transport de marchandises ou de personnes prévues par la loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-10

…be" and: "whose eligibility for the grant provided for in the eleventh paragraph of Article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1" are deleted;2° In the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-48

I. - The provisions of articles R. 214-32-18 to R. 214-32-21, R. 214-32-29, R. 214-32-32 to R. 214-32-36, R. 214-32-38 to R. 214-32-40 and R. 214-32-42 do not apply to innovation mutual funds.II. - Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-214-2

By way of derogation from I and II of article R. 214-32-29, corporate mutual funds may hold, without limitation, transferable securities issued by the company or by a company belonging to the same gro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-1

…e of 19 December 1945 implementing the status of judicial auctioneers and Article 74-2 du décret du 29 février 1956 pris pour l'application de l'ordonnance du 2 novembre 1945 relative au statut des hu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R6114-10

…to the department of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and in article 22 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health in Mayotte.The Director General of the Regional He…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…thin the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012, except in the case provided for in IV of Article L. 133-8.IV. - When the Payment Service…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…ithout prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps, a seller of financial instr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2

…cordance with Article 6 of Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, proces…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2

…than nine years and whose classification expired on the date of entry into force of decree no. 2015-298 of 16 March 2015 amending the conditions for the classification of tourist residences; -unclassi…

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