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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-11

…with one of the high-risk third countries identified by the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of 20 May 2015. II.-The Minister responsible for the economy may adopt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-8

…or combined accounts available to any person who so requests, in return for payment of a sum which may not exceed the amount set by an order of the Minister responsible for the economy. The Autorité…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-14

…in companies of statutory auditors, the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 822-9 may not certify the accounts of public interest entities, persons and entities referred to in Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-12

…rsons performing the duties of statutory auditor mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 822-9 may not be appointed as officers, directors, members of the supervisory board or hold a management…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-45

…pecies referred to in the above article before the end of the period provided for in article L. 623-9 must be made to the person in charge of the tasks relating to the national plant variety authority…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R233-1

…nce mentioned in article L. 233-1 must cover the benefits provided for in articles L. 160-8, L. 160-9 and L. 321-1 of the Social Security Code.When required, the adequacy of resources is assessed taki…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-2

…ications submitted to him pursuant to Articles 2 and 5 of the aforementioned Order. II. - The judge may not rule on these applications before the sixteenth day following the date on which the decision…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-4

…crecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in Article L. 642-1. This secrecy may not be invoked against the judicial authority acting in the context of either criminal proceedin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opening and operating conditions

Article L6222-5

…oratory are located either in the same area determined in application of b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9, or in a maximum of three of these adjoining areas, unless an exemption is granted by the Director…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-25

…ies. It specifies for each region the amount of the credits mentioned in a and b of article L. 1435-9. Additional appropriations may be allocated during the year, under the same conditions as those se…

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