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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…with the exception of feedingstuffs listed in paragraph 2 of Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-46-1

…V of Title I of Book II, or UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009; b) Be invested in and expo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-93

…V of Title I of Book II, or UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 ;b) Be invested in and expo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…diture relating to the transferred competencies.For beneficiaries of the fund who commit, before 15 May 2009 and, after authorisation from their deliberative assembly, by agreement with the representa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-7

…here they are constituted as a disciplinary chamber, the deliberations of the councils of the ordre may be adopted by means of an electronic or audiovisual conference, under the conditions laid down b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R822-15

…ment is subject to State economic and financial control as provided for in the decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 relating to State economic and financial control. It keeps analytical accounts.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31-1

I. - Notwithstanding articles R. 214-24 and R. 214-26, a feeder UCITS may invest up to 100% of its assets in units or shares of a single master UCITS governed by French or foreign law and hold up to 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Coordinator training and training body.

Article R4532-34

The training of coordinators provided for in articles R. 4532-25 and R. 4532-26 may be provided by the Organisme professionnel de prévention dans le bâtiment et les travaux publics and by training bod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative penalties.

Article R5426-17

The Director referred to in Article R. 5312-26 shall take a decision by any means giving a date certain within fifteen days of the expiry of the one-month period within which the person concerned may…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-3

Subject to the provisions set out in articles 21-4 and 26-3, the person concerned acquires French nationality on the date on which the declaration was made.

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