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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-5

…ers in connection with the subscription of units or shares of UCITS have been received and that all cash has been accounted for;2° Generally ensures that the Fund's cash flows are properly monitored.I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-5-1

…authorisation referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 6154-4.When the private practice is carried out in an establishment other than the one to which the practitioner is assigned, the direct…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5-1

The professional practice standard relating to communications with the bodies mentioned in article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP - 2…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-3

…y accessed may be made without authorisation from the authors with a view to text and data searches carried out for the sole purpose of scientific research by research organisations, libraries accessi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-4

…ing the date of receipt of the payment notice, any month started being counted in full.In all other cases, with the exception of financial investment advisors, the amount is increased by the legal mon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings

Article 706-56-2

…revent the repetition of these offences.The directory centralises all psychiatric, medico-psychological, psychological and multidisciplinary expert assessments, evaluations and examinations of the per…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-57

…own as a "master FIA", or a single UCITS, known as a "master UCITS", and, on an ancillary basis, in cash. A feeder general-purpose investment fund may enter into financial contracts under the conditio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-5-2

Before a life insurance or capitalisation contract is taken out by an individual, the insurer must provide the individual with an information note, in return for a receipt, setting out the conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5-1

…n the order provided for by 1° of article L. 4311-1 to persons whose age conditions and, where applicable, pathologies are specified by this same order. The nurse declares the activity of prescribing…

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