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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 775-1 A

…nvictions that have been expressly excluded from being mentioned on the record, pursuant to Article 775-1; 2° Convictions for minor offences and fines of less than €30,000; 3° Suspended sentences when…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-5

…ter of Foreign Affairs or the managing service, according to the hypotheses provided for in Article 706-25-7, record this information in the file without delay via a secure electronic communications m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-7-1

…ges of supervisors referred to in Article L. 613-20-2 or the colleges of supervisors referred to in 7° of Article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code. The coordinator, as chairman of a college, shall desig…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article R561-38-7

…viders of participative financing services in respect of their activities mentioned in Article L. 547-4 , and 6° bis of Article L. 561-2 or belonging to an equivalent category under foreign law, shall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-7-1

I. - Payment institutions providing the payment service referred to in 7° of II of article L. 314-1 must, at the time of authorisation, have professional civil liability insurance covering the territo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-8

…hese medicinal products during the previous calendar year. In the case mentioned in article R. 5121-76-7, the cost of monitoring is shared, according to the same procedures as in the previous paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-2

…re not taken into account for the purposes of applying the provisions of Articles L. 225-21, L. 225-77 and L. 225-94-1 of the French Commercial Code; 6° The Board of Directors, the Management Board or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R* 712-8

The decisions mentioned in articles R. 712-6 and R. 712-7 are tacitly approved by the supervisory authority on expiry of a period of two months from the date of receipt by the supervisory authority of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-7-3

The operators of online platforms referred to in Article L. 111-7 of this code and persons providing non-number-based interpersonal communications services within the meaning of 6° quater of Article L…

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

Article 78-2-2

…21 of this Code, may carry out the identity checks provided for in the seventh paragraph of Article 78-2, for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting the following offences:1° Acts of terrorism…

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