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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-4

…osen in the field of paediatrics;3° Directors of midwifery schools governed by Decree no. 90-949 of 26 October 1990 on the special status of directors of midwifery schools in the hospital civil servic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-12

For the purposes of investigating offences defined in Articles L. 465-1 to L. 465-3-3 and acts that may be classified as property offences and sanctioned by the Enforcement Committee of the Autorité d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2

…ticle 474 ; however, because of the sentence imposed or the personality of the convicted person, he may be summoned to appear before the sentence enforcement judge ; 3° Specify the practical procedure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

…under Article 288 of this Code or those who are prohibited from serving as jurors under article 131-26 of the Penal Code ; 8° Adults under court protection, adults under guardianship, adults under cur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-4

…e company or one of the legal entities or subsidiaries referred to in Articles L. 612-24 and L. 612-26 to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autorité de contrôle pruden…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2422-1

…are applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016. Articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-2 and L. 2212-5 are applicable to the Wallis and Futuna…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R775-38

…and R. 561-41 n° 2021-387 of 2 April 2021 R. 561-41-1 No 2020-118 of 12 February 2020 R. 561-42 n° 2009-1535 of 10 December 2009 R. 561-42-1 with the exception of its 2°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 8°, R. 56…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L785-3

…24 Order no. 2014-1332 of 6 November 2014 L. 613-25 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 613-26 Order no. 2020-1636 of 21 December 2020 L. 613-27 Ordinance no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 4-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 462-1)

Article Annexe 4-3

Uniform instrument for requests based on Articles 25 and 26 of Directive 2019/1 ☐ Request for notification of preliminary objections and other documents pursuant to Art. 25 of Directive 2019/1/ EU ☐ A…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-7

…this article on the basis of the nomenclature of activities provided for by decree no. 2007-1888 of 26 December 2007 approving the nomenclatures of French activities and products: ON THE LAST day of t…

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