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

Article L621-9

…s when they are offered to the public and in financial instruments, units referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code and assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1 of this Code that a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section III: Appeal by joint application.

Article 927

In addition to the information prescribed in Article 57, the joint application shall contain, on pain of inadmissibility: 1° A certified copy of the judgment; 2° Where applicable, an indication of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-15

The Board of Directors may delegate certain of its powers to its Chairman or to the Chief Executive Officer, with the exception of the matters referred to in 1°, 3°, 4°, 6°, 7°, 10°, 18° and 20°, with…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER II: MORTGAGES AND LIENS ON AIRCRAFT.

Article L122-15

…the previous article relate to the aircraft or to the insurance indemnity mentioned in article L. 122-6. They follow the aircraft in whichever hand it passes.They are extinguished three months after…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-15

…ce region, the Préfet de Police or his representative shall be added to these three representatives;2° Nine members of the boards or councils of local health insurance bodies within its area of jurisd…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: General provisions

Article 1509

…ture of crop and property, in accordance with the rules laid down by the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908.II. - For the purpose of calculating the rental value, nurseries operated on undeve…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Awards rendered in France

Article 1520

An action for annulment is only available if:

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-15

…ent that has not been preceded by the required notice or a transaction that has not been authorised may be cancelled at the request of any interested party or the Public Prosecutor, with the exception…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-15

…imported from a State in which one or more of the medical biology analyses mentioned in article R. 1211-14 are not performed, they are accompanied by a biological sample enabling these analyses to be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-9

I. - The AMF Board may delegate authority to its Chairman and, if he is absent or unable to act, to another of its members, to take individual decisions falling within its remit, with the exception of…

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