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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-5

…d to in a) of 2 of Article L. 221-32-2, are assessed under the conditions defined in Articles 1, 3, 5 and 6 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-1

…beneficiary, provided that the beneficiary is protected by the applicable insolvency or civil law; 5° Commitments with an initial maturity of less than seven days to credit institutions or investment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5-2

…auditor of internal control weaknesses that it has identified. Addressees and form of communication 5. At such times as the statutory auditor considers appropriate, the statutory auditor shall communi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Special provisions for the preparation, distribution and administration of advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis as part of the same medical procedure as the removal of the tissues or autologous cells used in their composition.

Article R4211-51-1

…erapy medicinal product as mentioned in Article R. 1124-6 and in the second paragraph of Article R. 5121-209, by the health establishment or army hospital which removes the autologous tissues or cells…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-5-1

The President of the Assembly of Corsica may decide that the meeting of the Assembly is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Assembly of Corsica is held by videocon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

…or legal persons offering online investment services that are not authorised pursuant to Article L. 532-1, that are not among the persons mentioned in Article L. 531-2 and that do not fall within the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-3

The public prosecutor or the competent investigating judge shall have the information to be included in the file recorded without delay via a secure means of telecommunication. However, this informati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the régies (R).

Article R1617-5-1

An interim imprest administrator is appointed:1° In the event of the imprest administrator ceasing to hold office, pending the appointment of a new titular imprest administrator;2° When the imprest ad…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22-5

When it appears that the protection of the public drinking water distribution network against any risk of pollution is not guaranteed by the structure or internal installations inspected, the inspecti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-5

…trading on a regulated market in France with a denomination per unit on the issue date of at least €50,000 or, for debt securities denominated in a currency other than the euro, at least equivalent to…

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