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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-3

…on indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LE RÉDACTIONUR L. 312-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 312-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 916-49

…ovisual or multimedia works for which applications for aid are submitted between 1 October 2020 and 31 December 2021 and for which it is justified that there are particular production or marketing dif…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-3

…akings for collective investment in transferable securities authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-7

…to bring it into line with a decision of the European Commission referred to it under Articles 30, 31 and 36 of Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hospital prescription medicines

Article R5121-85

…authorised, respectively, under Articles L. 6132-2, as it stood prior to the publication of Law no. 2009-879 of 21 July 2009 on hospital reform and patients, health and the territories, and L. 6133-7,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1

…akings for collective investment in transferable securities authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special rules for supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article R332-63-1

…transactions referred to in Article L. 143-1, the insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 use references to credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies within the meaning of Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-2

…afety assessment must have a university degree referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 concerning cosmetic products,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article D763-12

…2019II. - For the application of I, in Article D. 440-3:1° The words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article D762-12

…019.II. - For the application of I, in Article D. 440-3:1° The words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws…

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