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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article R764-11

…cree no. 2014-498 of 16 May 2014.II. - For the application of I:1° After the words: "l'Autorité des marchés financiers", the following words are added: " the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer";2° The wo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article R762-11

…cree no. 2014-498 of 16 May 2014.II. - For the application of I:1° After the words: "l'Autorité des marchés financiers", the following words are added: " the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer";2° The wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Approval procedures for bodies carrying out inspections

Article R3115-43

…lectronic transmission with a secure electronic signature under the conditions laid down in article 1367 of the Civil Code and in implementing decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017, by 1 March of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-7

…Article L. 822-1 are required to declare to the Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes before 31 March each year the total amount of fees they have invoiced during the previous calendar year to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-7

…ble in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For its application in New Caledonia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contribution and management

Article R6332-72

…ures laid down by agreement between these bodies. The advance payment is adjusted no later than 1st March of the year following collection of the contribution. The body mentioned in Article L. 225-1-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-22

…nce medical biology laboratory draws up an annual report on its activities. This report includes an assessment of the changes observed and those that are desirable. It includes a list of publications…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-54

…idates or tenderers in accordance with the technical specifications and format provided by the purchaser. They shall comply with the requirements applicable to electronic means of communication and an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-17-2

Any infringement of the prohibition laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006, referred to above, and in Article 2 of Council…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Mutual assistance for the purpose of seizing the proceeds of an offence with a view to their subsequent confiscation

Article 694-10

In the absence of an international convention stipulating otherwise, the articles 694-11 to 694-13 shall apply to requests for mutual assistance from the competent foreign authorities for the seizure,…

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