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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55-1

The deductions made by the State, municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, the Lyon metropolitan area and social organisations from the games operated by casinos are made…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13-5

…hapter III of Title II of Book I of the Code de l'environnement, the simplified public enquiry procedure provided for in article L. 1321-2-2 of the present code is carried out under the conditions def…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-4

…rapid cooperation as soon as its request is made and throughout the investigation and enquiry procedure, which implies in particular: a) Providing the Autorité de la concurrence without delay with al…

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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 L613-55-13

…Where a commitment governed by the law of a third country is not excluded under I of Article L. 613-55-1 or does not constitute a deposit mentioned in the first indent of 6° of I of Article L. 613-55-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

…or legal persons offering online investment services that are not authorised pursuant to Article L. 532-1, that are not among the persons mentioned in Article L. 531-2 and that do not fall within the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-5

…e accounts of the participating companies used to establish the terms of the operation were closed; 5° the date from which the operations of the disappearing companies will be deemed to have been carr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-2

…ments of the Directorate-General of Public Finance and by derogation from Articles A. 38-3 to A. 38-5-1, the Ile-de-France and Paris Regional Directorates of Public Finance shall be responsible for re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an individual basis

Article R5121-201-5

…y referred to in Article L. 4211-9-1 or any pharmaceutical establishment referred to in Articles L. 5124-1 or L. 5124-9-1 shall set up and keep up to date a system ensuring the traceability of advance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-2

…following conditions are met: 1° The applicant satisfies the conditions laid down in article R. 464-5-4; 2° It discloses its participation in a practice prohibited by Article L. 420-1; 3° It provides…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5-2

…roved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: COMMUNICATION OF INTERNAL CONTROL WEAKNESSES Introduction 1. When obtaining an understanding of the entity, including its internal control, in accorda…

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