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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-19

…arried out. If the certificates mentioned in articles R. 2131-2, R. 2131-18, R. 2131-23 and R. 2131-26-1 are drawn up , a copy of these is kept by the centre. The documents mentioned in this article a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L785-2

…5° and 9° to 11° of B of I and III thereofLaw no. 2021-402 of 8 April 2021 L. 612-3 Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022L. 612-4 Order no. 2017-1608 of 27 November 2017 L. 612-5 Law no. 2019-222 of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-2

…e Agreement on the European Economic Area, under the conditions set out in Article 211 of Directive 2009/138/EU of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-9

…this book. The calculations are carried out in accordance with standards NF ISO 25639-1 of January 2009 "Terminology of the trade fair, exhibition, congress or commercial event sector.-Part 1: vocabu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-2

Every applicant shall be provided, in a language that he or she understands or may reasonably be presumed to understand, with information on the rights and obligations arising from the application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-14

The competent authorities referred to in Article L. 5131-3 may use the information referred to in Articles R. 5131-9 to 11 for the purposes of market surveillance, market analysis, evaluation and cons…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-4

…u ministère public agissant sous son autorité; 2° En application du 11° de l'article 4 du décret n° 2009-707 du 16 juin 2009 modififié relatif aux services déconcentrés de la direction générale des fi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-81

…n Articles 52 or 63 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or other instruments that may be fully converted into core capital instruments or amort…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-18

…he shareholders at least fifteen days before the date of the meeting provided for in Article L. 223-26. For a period of fifteen days prior to the meeting, the inventory is made available at the regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Patient care by the mobile emergency and intensive care unit

Article R6123-15-1

…ned in article R. 3131-7, in the following cases : 1° When the network mentioned in article R. 6123-26 is unable to meet the emergency care needs of the population; 2° As part of an event mentioned in…

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