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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-4

Members of the Boards of Directors who fall under the incompatibilities or incapacities provided for in article L. 6431-5 are automatically declared to have resigned by the Ministers for Overseas Fran…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-43

For the investment section, the expenditure and revenue proposals presented to the Board of Directors for approval show the allocations applicable to current operations and those applicable to new ope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-43-1

…u 2° de l'article R. 40-43, les données et informations communiquées en application de l'article 67 bis-2 du code des douanes.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52-4

Where only the provisions of this sub-paragraph are applied to transfer part of the assets, rights or obligations of a person subject to a resolution procedure, the residual entity shall be wound up i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-4

…r 2 capital instruments must be reduced or the amount by which these instruments must be converted; 4° The cumulative amount assessed by it pursuant to I of Article L. 613-55-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-4

The resolution college may suspend any obligation to pay or deliver financial instruments resulting from a contract to which a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 subject to a resolution proced…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

…esponsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 may carry out not only the identity checks provided for in the eighth p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-4-1

…egal entity acting on the basis of its name or business name referred to in 3° of Article L. 712-4; 4° The holder of a domain name mentioned in 4° of article L. 712-4; 5° Any person acting under 4° of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-5

The information notice on the entire contract provided for in c of IV of article 3 of Order no. 2014-696 of 26 June 2014 must contain the information referred to in articles A. 132-4 and A. 132-4-4, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-7

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall notify the Conseil de résolution unique of any additional capital requirements in accordance with Article L. 533-4-4 and any expected adjustm…

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