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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D742-11

…and column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214-32-14n°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D744-11

…and column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214-32-14n°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D743-11

…and column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214-32-14n°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-14

Before 31 March each year, each medical biology laboratory shall declare electronically to the regional health agency within whose jurisdiction it is established, the total number of medical biology e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Assistance with drawing up a forward-looking jobs and skills management plan

Article D5121-11

The agreements mentioned in article D. 5121-10 are signed by the regional prefect or the departmental prefects when they concern companies in the region or department respectively.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-194

The formalities of transcribing, recording and drawing up the forms provided for in this paragraph take the place of the transcriptions and recordings mentioned in article R. 5132-10.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Foreign workers.

Article R5523-12

For seafarers, the authorisations referred to in article R. 5523-10 are issued by the maritime authority under the conditions laid down in the Maritime Labour Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall publish the annual information referred to in Article L. 355-5 according to the following timetable a) No later than 20 weeks after t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences concerning cinema and video exhibition receipts

Article L441-1

Unless one or more of the administrative sanctions provided for in 2° to 7° of article L. 422-1 in the event of failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 212-32 and the provisions of article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article R225-171

The president of the commercial court in the jurisdiction of the company's registered office, ruling at the request of the chairman of the board of directors or the management board of the société ano…

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