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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-3

…levant to I of Article L. 214-167 and those mentioned in the second paragraph of III of Article L. 532-9; and 2° Relevant to 1° of III of Article L. 214-24.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29

Private guards may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the territory to be guarded or one of them is located, at the seat of that court o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the system for combating money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-38-2

…chapter, with the exception of the reporting obligations set out in Article L. 561-15. They shall remain responsible for compliance with their obligations. A contract between the external service prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-3

The period for examining the application for authorisation is three months. It runs from the date of the discharge or the notice of receipt or the electronic acknowledgement of receipt provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: General principles governing the operation of national professional councils

Article D4021-4-3

The activities of a National Professional Council respect the requirements of scientific ethics and the independence of expertise, in accordance with the principles defined by the Health Expertise Cha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3-1

…to take any useful measure intended to restrict access to them ; c) Order registry operators or domain registrars to take a measure to block a domain name, for a maximum period of three months renew…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-2

In the absence of a specific provision in his exploitation contract or a collective or professional agreement applicable in his sector of activity and providing for a comparable mechanism, the perform…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-3

…f the adversarial hearing provided for in article 712-6 or the hearing provided for in article 712-13. This curator, guardian or person may make written observations or be heard as a witness by the se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 229-4 of the Commercial Code, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution also has the power to oppose, in accordance with the provisions of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-3

The indemnity referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 132-21-1 may not exceed 5% of the present value of the commitments made respectively by the insurer and by the policyholders of the cont…

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