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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations

Article L783-1

…table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 611-1, with the exception of 11 Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 611-1-1 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 611-1-2 Order no. 2009-866 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations

Article L784-1

…e table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 611-1, with the exception of 11 Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 611-1-1 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 611-1-2 Order no. 2009-866 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-5

I.-In order to draw up the declaration relating to the employment obligation, the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or in article L. 723-2 of the Rural and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50

The Director General of the Agence de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) makes public, in particular via the Agency's website: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

…ithin two years of the request being made, together with their provisional timetable for marketing; 18° Information on any ongoing research involving the human being for commercial purposes in other i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3b: Equalised compensation scheme

Article L3334-16-3

…II of this article. From 1 January 2019, the territorial collectivity of Guyana and, from 1 January 2020, the department of Réunion will no longer benefit from this scheme. The départements participat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2-1

…men and women on the committee is determined in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree no. 2015-354 of 27 March 2015.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

I. - An annual tax is introduced, proportional to the surface area of each exclusive licence to prospect for liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons. The tax shall be paid by the holder of the exclusive licenc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-19

…group to be covered on a consolidated basis, the principles set out in Articles R. 356-11 to R. 356-18 apply. In the event of failure to cover this minimum consolidated group Solvency Capital Requirem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article R3232-1-2

…of diking systems and hydraulic installations, within the meaning of articles R. 562-13 and R. 562-18 of the same code, which are likely to be constituted on the basis of these works and infrastructu…

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