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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-145

…ber State of the European Union subject to the application of Council Regulation No 1346-2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings or Regulation (EU) No 2015-848 of 20 May 2015 of the European Par…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-30

…ments mentioned in 2° of this I which are the subject of the agreement mentioned in article L. 1233-24-1 are not subject to the consultation of the social and economic committee provided for in this a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-31

…ed market and whose existing investment certificates represent no more than 1% of the share capital may decide, on the basis of the report of the Board of Directors, to reconstitute the existing certi…

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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 L511-23

…Member State certifying that it meets the conditions required for this purpose by those authorities may, within the territory of mainland France, the overseas departments, the Department of Mayotte an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-7

…or driving permit for French motorised pleasure boats at sea and on inland waters; this suspension may not be limited to driving outside the scope of professional activity; it may not be suspended, e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

Without prejudice to Article R. 351-24, the following classifications are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-1

…ensing of the medicinal products, products and articles mentioned in articles L. 4211-1 and L. 5125-24 and, under the conditions defined by decree, of experimental or ancillary medicinal products, and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-74

The management company may not, on behalf of a fund, carry out any transactions other than forward or spot purchases or sales of its assets which are not traded on a regulated market within the meanin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-4

…tious pathologies, the nature of which is specified by the decrees provided for in articles R. 2142-24 and R. 2142-27. These orders determine the conditions for carrying out and renewing these tests.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1

…itute undertakings for collective investment1° UCITS ;2° The FIAs mentioned in II of article L. 214-24.

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