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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article L121-3

…anufacturing and marketing, on behalf of the State, French collector coins with legal tender status;3° Combating counterfeiting of metal coins and carrying out appraisals and inspections, in accordanc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the establishment of a relay facility

Article L311-35

I.-The resolution college may, after having determined that the transfer procedure referred to in 3° of Article L. 311-30 has failed, decide to set up a bridge institution. The latter is responsible f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-36

…9-II de la loi n° 2015-912 du 24 juillet 2015; h) Where applicable, dates of committal and release; 3° Miscellaneous information: a) Dates of justification of address; b) Periodicity and modality of t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regional haemovigilance and transfusion safety coordinators

Article R1221-33

…ked, or likely to be linked, to the administration of a given unit or type of labile blood product; 3° Epidemiological data concerning the blood donors from whom the units of labile blood products ref…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-33

…aff it employs, including in particular payroll and training; 2° Financial and accounting services; 3° Audit services; 4° Legal services; 5° Purchasing and public contracts; 6° Communication; 7° Infor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-3

…or this purpose, to hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of the legal entity; 3° They have the power to appoint or dismiss the majority of the members of the administrative, mana…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit

Article D561-33

…ct, process and disseminate information relating to the offences referred to in Article L. 561-15 ; 3° Receive and process requests for information made pursuant to Articles L. 561-29 and L. 561-29-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions

Article R4211-32

…rsuant to this section to another establishment or organisation authorised pursuant to this section;3° Distribution: making available an individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal product on med…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D6211-3

I.-The result of the medical biology examination is validated by a medical biologist before any communication. The surname and first name of the medical biologist appear in full on the communicated re…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-22

Compliance with the conditions for the creation of video games set out in 3° and 4° of 1 of III of article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code is verified using a points scale. This scale is…

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