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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 771-1

…7 April 2019, the national criminal records department is competent to query, supply and update the centralised European data processing system known as "ECRIS-TCN", which enables the central authorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-4

…iel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers may transmit to the European System of Central Banks or the European Central Bank, acting as monetary authorities, information covered by p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-27

An individual file concerning the activities of the judicial environmental officer is kept permanently at the public prosecutor's office of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L781-1

…Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, references to Regulations (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012, No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-14

…ed by decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 relating to State control of national public companies and certain bodies with an economic or social purpose, as well as the economic and financial control of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-24

An establishment or an authorised body may transfer tissues, their derivatives or cells or cell therapy preparations to another establishment or authorised body with a view to their preparation, prese…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-45

…shall be made by petition.The court clerk convenes, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the debtor, the auditors, the representatives of the staff delegation of the social and econo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Professional capacity and training (R).

Article R2223-48

…law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local authority civil service. The training defined in article R. 2223-44 must be provided by a training organisation declared…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to electronic signatures

Article A53-2

An advanced electronic signature based on a qualified certificate within the meaning of Article D. 589-3 is an advanced electronic signature, in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific supervision of credit institutions

Article R613-34

…of the home Member State so that they can take, without delay, any measure likely to ensure compliance with these provisions.Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution considers that t…

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