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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

…ll respond via the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to duly just…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-2

…in the'article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 716-9 to L. 716-11 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accordance with the procedures laid down by Article 131-3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…ed for in articles L. 7125-17 to L. 7125-20 and to the training costs mentioned in article L. 7125-14 as well as contributions to the fund set up by Article L. 1621-2;3° Contributions to the general s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Organisation of care.

Article L1411-11-1

…eral practitioners, who choose to carry out their primary care activities as defined in article L. 1411-11 on the basis of a healthcare plan that they draw up. It may take the form of a health centre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11-1

…receiving the opinion of the Banque de France pursuant to the fourth paragraph of I of Article L. 141-4. To obtain this authorisation, an application must be submitted to the Autorité de contrôle pru…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-11-3

…ied by order of the Minister for the Economy. II - The ongoing training provided for inarticle L. 314-24 of the Consumer Code, undertaken under conditions laid down by decree, is taken into account fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-9

The programme or commitment authorisations and any revisions thereof shall be presented by the President of the Assembly of French Guyana. They are voted on by the Assembly of French Guiana when adopt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-2

…he political, catastrophic and monetary risks covered under the guarantee referred to in article R. 442-11-1 are realised under the following conditions.The political risk arises when performance of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-2

…edicine containing one or more critically important antibiotic substances mentioned in article L. 5144-1-1 is subject to : 1° The prior performance of a clinical examination carried out by the prescri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-11-2

The intermediaries referred to in III of article R. 519-4 complete their level of knowledge and skills with twenty hours of professional training, the programme for which is defined by order of the Mi…

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