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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D420-6

…referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 420-18 to the competent authority of the State concerned within one month, in accordance with the procedure and conditions laid down in Article 35 of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-8-2

…ich the protective measure is ordered in the light of the liabilities declared in the collective proceedings opened or, if the time limit mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 622-24 has not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-7

…n as provided for in Article L. 1424-24-3 are organised by the chairman of the fire and rescue service's board of directors, who draws up the list of voters and the date of the electoral operations.Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Derogations in undertakings without a trade union delegate. - Provisions relating to the approval by employees of agreements negotiated by mandated employees

Article D2232-8

…or the mandated employee(s) on the terms and conditions. It shall inform the employees of these procedures by any means no later than fifteen days before the consultation.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-82

For each cinema, the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying the percentage corresponding to the market share of this cinema to the amount of credits allocated to direct allocations.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-4-1

…nits or shares of the AIF are to be marketed, no later than twenty working days after the date of receipt of the notification letter and all the documents making up the file.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-28

…sued to the establishment and, where applicable, jointly to the associated establishment in accordance with article R. 1261-11, for a period of five years. Applications for renewal must be accompanied…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-25

Only establishments, organisations, health cooperation groups and laboratories authorised to carry out the biological activities of medically assisted procreation mentioned in 2° of article R. 2142-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…ing constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° The fact, for the manufacturer of a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-4-1

Articles L. 210-10 to L. 210-12 of the Commercial Code, with the exception of 5° of Article L. 210-10, are applicable to mutual insurance companies.

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