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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-21

…words "portfolio management company" shall be understood within the meaning of Article 4(1)(3) and (19) respectively of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Fixed procedural fees

Article 1018 A

…ed as narcotics pursuant to article L. 235-1 du code de la route ou du 3° des articles 221-6-1, 222-19-1 ou 222-20-1 of the Penal Code, the fixed procedural fees provided for in this article shall be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768

…ment has been made or on expiry of the time limits mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 495-19 and in second paragraph of article 530.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Mandates entrusted with the execution of expenditure and the collection of revenue (articles D. 1611-32-10 to D. 1611-32-13)

Article D1611-32-12

…revenue wrongly collected, the same controls as those provided for in the d and e of 2° of Article 19 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

…re pyrotechnic activities are carried out which are fitted only with such doors; 5° Article R. 4462-19-Width of exits and clearances ; 6° Article R. 4462-20-Distance of workstations from exits or shel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfers of goods

Article L1424-17

Assigned property, on the date of promulgation of Law no. 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, par les communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: General health administration.

Article L1524-2

…icable in the territory of the islands of Wallis and Futuna, in the wording resulting from Law No 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system, subject to t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D351-1

…section, exercising the powers devolved to the specialised sections provided for by articles R. 341-19 to R. 341-21 of the Environment Code; 2° In its "heritage and architecture" configuration, to exe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4371-6

…s a civil servant or public employee on the date of entry into force of Law no. 86-76 of 17 January 1986 containing various provisions of a social nature ; 2° Persons holding an administrative decisio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-72

…exceed the ratio between the solvency margin referred to in articles R. 334-5, R. 334-13 and R. 334-19 and the number of members recorded at the close of the financial year to which the approved accou…

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