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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

…companies. At the end of a period of two years from the promulgation of the Financial Security Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003, only units in non-trading property investment companies whose article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

…mittee for each plan subscribed, subject to the case mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 144-13 ; 2° Organising consultations with members; 3° Providing secretarial services and financing f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Ranking of claims

Article L643-8

…Code up to a limit of six months' rent and those guaranteed by the lien provided for in Article L. 141-5 et seq;14° Claims of all kinds relating to indirect taxation and those mentioned in Article 37…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Bodies responsible for organising international sporting competitions

Article 1655 septies

…cation by a public entity or a delegated national sporting federation, as defined in article L. 131-14 of the Sports Code;2° Be of a level at least equivalent to a European championship;3° Be organise…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-2

…cognised as journalists pursuant to provisions having the same purpose in these local authorities"; 14° In Article L. 744-17, the words: "the public prosecutors responsible for the place of departure…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedural obligations and rights of appeal

Article L613-58

…European Union in which the undertaking mentioned in the first paragraph has established a branch; 14° Where the person concerned is subject to supervision on a consolidated basis pursuant to Subsect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article D3821-12

Articles D. 3121-1 to D. 3121-14 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Articles D. 3121-21 to D. 3121-23-1 and D. 3121-24 to D. 3121-26, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2015-796 of 1st July 201…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority

Article R7345-10

…13° It signs approval decisions on behalf of the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority; 14° It rules on requests for expert appraisal, under the conditions laid down in Section 6 of Chapte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Share capital.

Article R6223-65

…of shares provided for in this article is subject to the formalities provided for inarticle L. 221-14 of the French Commercial Code. IV - In all cases, a copy of the notifications referred to in I of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-3

Once the Committee for the Protection of Individuals has issued a favourable opinion and the performance study has been authorised, where applicable, by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament…

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