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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-36

…s of European regulations, of this Code, of the Commercial Code, of the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers and of the rules approved by the Autorité, breaches of other professio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-33

I. - No person may be authorised or appointed to carry out an investigation or an audit if he has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in article L. 500-1.No person may be appointed to ca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-35

…ns shall state the nature, date and place of the observations made. They are signed by the investigator or inspector and the person concerned by the investigations. If the latter refuses, this is note…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-4

Where an AIF management company is unable to ensure compliance with the provisions of Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II for which an AIF or another entity acting on its beh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-4

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment will immediately inform the Prefect of the department in which the establishment is located, or in Paris the Po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Importation of packaged natural mineral waters

Article R1322-44-19

The import authorisation is granted for a period of five years, renewable if it is certified by the authority authorised for this purpose by the country of origin, before the expiry of its validity, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Importation of packaged natural mineral waters

Article R1322-44-18

…ackaged natural mineral water from a Member State of the European Union or from another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and imported under the same designations as in the co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-10

The judge shall rule, at the request of any interested party or the public prosecutor, on any difficulties that may arise in the implementation of the system.Selected for this purpose under the condit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article D444-4

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from decree No. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-3-3

…ticle 289 du code général des impôts," are deleted;2° In the fourth paragraph , the words: "Subject to c of II of article 242 nonies A of Annex II to the General Tax Code, in the version in force on 2…

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