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

Article L532-36

…within a reasonable time, with the required terms of cooperation stipulated in 2° of Article L. 532-29, the Autorité des marchés financiers may refer the matter to the European Securities and Markets…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-48

…social and economic committee. Within this framework, and by way of derogation from article L. 3121-29, hours worked during the same week in excess of the weekly working hours laid down by law or coll…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-37

…parties must present all their substantive claims in the submissions referred to in articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32. Inadmissibility may also be raised by the party against whom subsequent…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest

Article R751-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004, the authority competent to place an asylum seeker under house arrest pursuant to article L. 751-2 is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspections by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and approved bodies

Article R1333-173

…L. 8112-1 of the Labour Code and the radiation protection inspectors referred to in Article L. 1333-29 of the Public Health Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4381-72

…me, the company name determined in accordance with the provisions of article 8 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-8

…accordance with the majority requirements for ordinary general meetings set out in articles L. 223-29, L. 223-30, L. 225-98 or L. 227-9 of the French Commercial Code, depending on the legal form of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-8-1

The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° The fact, for the qualified person mentioned in II of Article L. 5142-1, of releasing a batch of veterinary medici…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VE

…ell or a synallagmatic undertaking to sell, signed and dated between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023 at the latest; 2° Completed no later than 31 December of the second year following the year in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-4

…are not allocated to this subsidiary accounting system shall be transferred to it before 1 January 2023. The insurance undertaking shall ensure that this transfer is not detrimental to the interests…

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