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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-57

…6° The investigators and auditors of the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Article L. 621-10 of this Code; 7° The President of the Bar and, where applicable on his delegation, one or more me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article L322-15

Judicial sales of wholesale goods authorised under Article L. 322-14 as well as all those authorised or ordered by consular justice in the various cases provided for by this code are carried out by sw…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-25

The authorisations shall specify the elements listed in Annex II of Directive (EU) 2015/566. Authorisations issued in this way may be modified, suspended or withdrawn in whole or in part by the Direct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-5

…fined in the city contract;d) Signing the inter-municipal agreement referred to in Article 8 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion ;2° Construction, de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804

Infringements are punishable by a tax fine of €100 to €750, a penalty of between one and five times the value of the wine products to which the fraud relates, and confiscation of these products: - to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-3

…provided for in II and III: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 133-1 to L. 133-2Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 133-3 and L. 133-4 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-5 Or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-3

…d column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 133-1 to L. 133-2Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 133-3 and L. 133-4 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-5 Or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-15

When elements of the human body used on French territory are imported from a State in which one or more of the medical biology analyses mentioned in article R. 1211-14 are not performed, they are acco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-69

I. - Claims for compensation under the out-of-court procedure provided for in article L. 1221-14 in respect of the losses defined in the same article are addressed to the Office national d'indemnisati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-15

If the company has given its consent to a proposed pledge of company shares under the conditions provided for in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 223-14, such consent shall constitute app…

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