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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article D774-22

…nd column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the excep…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-44

…e a formation fund of at least :-400,000 euros for the operations referred to in Articles 10 to 15, 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25 of Article R. 321-1 and for reinsurance operations;-240,000 for operations in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-10

…t out the conditions under which the region, pursuant to article L. 1614-7 and of Article 50 of Law no. 93-1313 of 20 December 1993 on work, employment and vocational training, is required to continue…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-39

…not subject to the additional registration or secondary registration provided for by articles 9 and 20 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the register of commerce and companies. However,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31-2

…e department, shall be made via the Europol national unit referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L773-14

…ng resulting from L. 518-2 with the exception of the last two sentences of its second paragraph Act no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 518-2-1 Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 518-3 Order no. 2000…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L775-13

…g resulting from L. 518-2, with the exception of the last two sentences of its second paragraph Act no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 518-2-1 Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 518-3 Order no. 2000…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to bariatric surgery

Article R6123-210

Authorisation for "bariatric surgery" may only be granted if the holder has access, where applicable by agreement or as part of the shared medical project of the regional hospital grouping referred to…

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

Article L591-5

…ok in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in Articles L. 552-6 and L. 552-7, the reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2573-25

…ct to the adaptations provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FORM OF: L. 2223-1 law no. 2016-1658 of 5 December 2016 L. 2223-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 4° of Article L. 2223-…

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