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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-3

…sesses the good repute requirements laid down by Articles L. 511-51, L. 533-25, L. 517-5 and L. 517-9.II. - Notification of the renewal of the term of office of natural persons who are members of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe B

…reference to the decision giving rise to the entitlement, with article and paragraph of decree no. 90-437 of 28 May 1990 as amended or decree no. 2001-654 of 19 July 2001 which is being applied; - wh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…tion and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters;- of Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recogn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-16

…onsent. For any person engaging in the activity of banking or financial canvassing defined in 8° or 9° of Article L. 341-1, the prohibition provided for in the first paragraph of this IV shall apply u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…the Commercial Code in order to: 1° Prevent market abuse within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse; 2° Promote o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-4

…io of assets are fixed and cannot be modified by the issuers of the securities or by third parties; 9° The insurance or reinsurance commitments of an insurance or reinsurance contract are not divided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Automated processing of personal data known as "digital criminal records

Article R249-11

…ay record personal data of the kind referred to in article 6 of amended law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, insofar as such data is strictly necessa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Information systems

Article R1413-58-1

…public interest in accordance with the provisions of e of 1. of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and for the reasons of public interest mentioned in i of 2 of Article 9 of the sa…

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Article Annexe 2-1

…d by the manager. Article 8 Management The company is managed by its sole partner, Mr / Mrs Article 9 Decisions of the partner The sole partner exercises the powers and prerogatives of the general mee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-25

…obtained make it possible to affirm that the manufacture complies with good manufacturing practice.9° One or more mock-ups or samples of the outer packaging and the immediate packaging and, if applic…

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