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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-20

…om the temporary detention order is notified, to the President of the High Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or to the President of the Investigating Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Basse-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting obligations

Article D722-8

…tions provided for in articles L. 722-6 and L. 722-7 when they concern cash, and two years in other cases. By way of derogation, the cash declaration referred to in 6° must have been made no earlier t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting obligations

Article R722-7

…R. 722-4;2° The list of information that the sender, the recipient or their representative, as the case may be, is required to provide to the administration is that set out in article R. 722-6.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1541-2

…oned in article L. 1111-6 whom he/she has designated or to a family member or close friend. In this case, their existence, the place where they are kept or the contact details of the person who holds…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1521-2

…nd Futuna Islands and the French Southern Territories in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-137 of 26 February 2018. Articles R. 1111-17 to R. 1111-20 are applicable in the territory of the Wa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-3

…or any operator of such a medicinal product is required, within one year of the promulgation of Act 2011-2012 of 29 December 2011 on reinforcing the safety of medicinal products and health products, t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1424-15

The review procedure in exceptional cases is governed by articles 1424-8 to 1424-13.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-7

…lar to those set out in articles L. 225-38 to L. 225-42 and L. 225-86 to L. 225-90. However, in the case of a company governed by article L. 229-6, the entry in the register of deliberations constitut…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to non-pre-packaged foodstuffs

Article R412-12

…ng aid or derived from a substance or product listed in Annex II to amended Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food infor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…ersons. II - In this section, the term "owner" means : 1° For the buildings mentioned in article R. 1334-15, the owner or owners of the built property; 2° For the private portions of buildings mention…

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