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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R743-13

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 214-187, R. 214-190 and R. 214-191n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-192n° 2019-1078 of 22 October 2019R. 2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CARE AND RECOVERY PROCEDURES

Article L572-6

…ransfer decision is notified together with a decision on house arrest issued pursuant to article L. 751-2, or a decision on placement in detention issued pursuant to article L. 751-9, the matter may b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II : DELIVERY TO THE AUTHORITIES OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Article L622-2

…er a foreign national in the cases provided for in articles L. 621-4, L. 621-5, L. 621-6 and L. 621-7 may only be accompanied by a ban on movement within French territory if the foreign national's res…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L515-1

…anage electronic money, subject to having obtained the authorisation provided for in article L. 526-7 -provide investment services, subject to having obtained the authorisation provided for in Article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-51

…patent application is likely to be rejected for one of the cases provided for in Article L. 612-12 (7° and 9°), reasoned notification is given to the applicant. The notification contains a formal noti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article R581-18

…ns who may benefit from temporary protection in France pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 581-7 are designated by joint order of the Minister responsible for immigration, the Minister of the Int…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article R512-15

I.-The amount of the financial guarantee provided for in article L. 512-7 is set by order of the Minister for the Economy. II - The guarantee commitment, which takes effect on 1st March for a period o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D43-1

For the application of articles 187-3 and 194, the file of the investigation proceedings may be transmitted to the first president of the court of appeal, the public prosecutor, the investigating cham…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-4

…nsible for the economy may set the emolument applicable to a service not listed in article Annexe 4-7, prior to its inclusion in the list provided for in 1° of Article R. 444-3 and the publication of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients and newborn babies.

Article R4127-331

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-7 and for legitimate reasons which the midwife assesses according to her conscience, a patient may be kept in ignorance of a serious diagnosis or prognosis…

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