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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-32

I. - The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall set up an organisation and internal procedures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, taking into account the risk assessment provid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot.

Article R713-13

The commission provided for in article L. 713-17, called the "election organisation commission", competent to organise, in the district of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry, the electio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-104

A company operating a veterinary medicinal product must: 1° Keep detailed records of all suspected adverse reactions which have occurred inside or outside the European Union; 2° To record any suspecte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-2

I.-The prescription of a medicinal product used in veterinary medicine containing one or more critically important antibiotic substances mentioned in article L. 5144-1-1 is subject to : 1° The prior p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

…nt between the grouping and the municipality concerned under the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A bis of the General Tax Code. The communauté de communes may transfer to a commune a fraction…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

…within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use and repealing Directive 2001/20…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-6

…s to be used for calculating the "health underwriting risk" module are specified in Articles 144 to 163 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; 4° The "market risk" modu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-7

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° A The first sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 412-6 is not applicable to the renewal of the residence permit of a foreigner in a state of po…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

…ablishments and in the private establishments referred to in articles L. 613-7, L. 714-2 and L. 718-16 of the Education Code;agricultural education and vocational training regulated by Law no. 60-791…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-28

The right of withdrawal may not be exercised for contracts: 1° The supply of services fully performed before the end of the withdrawal period and, if the contract imposes an obligation on the consumer…

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