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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 sexies

…State pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste;2. Any operator of a facility subject to authorisation or registrati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-11

…partiality as experts registered on one of the lists instituted byarticle 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to legal experts. II - The National Commission for Medical Accidents may, on its…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-25

…Article 37 and Annex I of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection.It shall regula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-11

…ne establishment and whose total value of assets is greater than or equal to 40 billion euros on 27 June 2019 shall be required to have one intermediate parent undertaking or, where deemed necessary i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: French FIA portfolio management companies

Article L532-25-1

…to manage an AIF covered by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 or to provide investment services pursuant to this Directive, under the freedom to provide…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-9

…the rights provided for in the agreement pursuant to 7° of article 26 of decree no. 2021-793 of 22 June 2021 relating to on-demand audiovisual media services.For automatic support, the initial contri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article R721-2

…ursuant to the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D351-7

…ing the same effect: a) The references to the Labour Code; b) The references to the agreement of 10 June 2011 on vocational training, concluded within the framework of the national collective agreemen…

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

Article R152-2

…5° References to the external borders of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 are deleted; 6° References to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-3

…Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 19 of…

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