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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-3

…nt the size, risk profile and business model of the investment firm, the systems, strategies and procedures implemented by Class 2 investment firms to comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and to iden…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-2

…Order of 28 June 2019 setting the content of the application form for authorisation to draw up the certificate of conformity referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 752-23 of the French Comm…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Falsifications

Article L451-6

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L 451-1 to L. 451-4 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Article 131-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Fraud

Article L454-5

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 454-1 to L. 454-3 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Artic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L591-2

…in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State in the collectivity…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Accommodation

Article L552-7

The integrated reception and guidance service referred to in Article L. 345-2 of the Social Action and Family Code sends the French Immigration and Integration Office a monthly list of people accommod…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-38

For the application of the provisions of article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code, the contributions to the guarantee fund are based on the following conditions: 1° The contribution from insurance compa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5224-2

…iary the professional activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, in accordance with the provisions ofarticle 131-27 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Exclu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Remedies sought before the First President of the Court of Appeal

Article R26

…nt or one of the agents mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 27 and delivered against a receipt or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the registry of the court of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-22

…fied as being of "insufficient" quality. The profile of a bathing water previously classified as "excellent" only needs to be reviewed and, if necessary, updated if the classification is changed to "g…

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