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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article L613-44

…redit institutions and investment firms, in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and for Class 2 and Class 3 investment firms, in accordance with the applicable requirement set…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-9

Failing an agreement reached under the terms of articles L. 212-4 à L. 212-7 either before 4 January 1986, or on the expiry date of the previous agreement, the methods and bases of remuneration for pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-3

To carry out its tasks, the Agency relies on : 1° A national public health network which it organises and runs. This network is made up of any public or private person, French or foreign, who provides…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-14

Two months before a holiday is due to take place, any natural or legal person holding "organised adapted holidays" approval is required to inform, by any means, including by fax or e-mail, on the basi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-28

The budgetary and accounting year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. The College shall adopt the Agency's provisional budget each year before the beginning of the financial year. The budget…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

The Autorité des marchés financiers may, at the request of the European Securities and Markets Authority:1° Prohibit the marketing, in the European Union, of units or shares of AIFs managed by manager…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster

Article D125-3

The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster provided for in II of article L. 125-1-1 issues a simple opinion on each communal request for recognition of the st…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-151

In the case of associations in the event of survival, the distribution concerns the entire assets of the association. It is made between the beneficiaries in proportion to the amount of their subscrip…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-30

The execution studies enable the work to be carried out. Their purpose, for the work as a whole or for the public contracts concerned alone, is to:1° To draw up the functional diagrams and technical a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Employee privileges.

Article L625-8

Notwithstanding the existence of any other claim, the claims guaranteed by the lien established in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of the Labour Code must, by order of the offici…

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