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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R532-30

I. - Any portfolio management company referred to in I of Article L. 532-25-1 intending to manage AIFs for the first time under the freedom to provide services shall provide the Autorité des marchés f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Obligations to report to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-37

…least the following elements: 1° A description of the facts, including an assessment of the damage caused or likely to be caused to the European Union and, where appropriate, to other victims; 2° The…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-2

…Mayotte with the exception of Articles R. 133-1, R. 133-2, R. 326-1, R. 326-2, R. 522-1 and R. 613-25-1 to R. 613-25-4.For the application of this code in Mayotte the following words listed below are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Costs

Article D734-8

Article D. 131-25 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended by Decree no. 2007-1611 of 16 November 2007.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Other collective investments

Article D744-14

Article D. 214-241 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: New tourist units.

Article L342-6

The rules governing new tourist units are set out in Articles L. 122-15 to L. 122-25 of the French Town Planning Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-4

…ervice providers may also provide, under the conditions set out in Article L. 547-5, services identical to those mentioned in point ii) of a) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Profession of pharmacist

Article L4412-3

…om the provisions of articles L. 4211-1 and L. 4211-7, persons other than pharmacists or herbalists carrying out an activity involving the supply of medicinal plants on 2 October 1992 may be authorise…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-59

The craft businesses referred to in the seventh paragraph of article L. 431-14 are defined in the first paragraph of article 1 of decree no. 62-235 of 1 March 1962 amended by article 1 of decree no. 7…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-5

Exceptional aid is granted in the form of direct allocations to distribution companies in order to compensate for part of the expenditure they have incurred in distributing cinematographic works whose…

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