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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-1

…tutions wishing to establish a branch in application of I ofArticle L. 532-23 are subject to the procedure provided for in I ofArticle L. 511-27, subject to the observations and opinions of the Autori…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Biological activities for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-26

…es or germ tissue and the preparation, storage and provision of embryos are carried out, in accordance with the rules of good practice for medically assisted procreation mentioned in articles R. 2142-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-5

I. - The rights of access and rectification provided for in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 may be exercised with the health establishment or the medical-psychologic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-166-3

The prefect who receives an application for approval has two months in which to examine it, from the date of receipt. Failure by the Prefect to respond within the timeframe mentioned in the previous p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-23-1

…the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant the ratio existing, according to the last population census, between the population of the overseas municipalities and the population of all the municipa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-24-1

By way of derogation from Article L. 623-4, for the species listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights and for other species that may be listed by d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 8: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article A322-177

…f which is defined in appendix III-27 (orders section), in order to establish that the equipment concerned is kept in compliance. This sheet must be kept for three years after the equipment is scrappe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-1

…t are applicable to the communes of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, with the exception of those of articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-2, L. 2212-3, L. 2212-4, L. 2213-6, L. 2213-7, L. 22…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article R2352-17

…229-3 of the Commercial Code, by the company, subsidiary or establishment involved in the merger to certify that the arrangements for employee involvement have been determined in accordance with the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R2353-5

…229-3 of the Commercial Code, by the company, subsidiary or establishment involved in the merger to certify that the arrangements for employee involvement have been determined in accordance with the p…

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