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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-4

…change is made in accordance with the conditions set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Cou…

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

Article D775-39

…reeD. 561-4-12022-110 of 1 February 2022D. 561-10-1No. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018D. 561-10-2no. 2020-1774 of 21 December 2020D. 561-32-1no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020D. 561-33 to D. 561-34-1n° 2021-3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-5

…on groupings with at least one public health establishment among its members must be approved by 30 June of the year following the financial year to which it relates. This financial account is attache…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health data platform

Article L1462-1

…f I of Article L. 1461-3;3° Providing the single secretariat referred to inArticle 76 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on information technology, files and freedoms;4° Providing the secretariat for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1-2

…ts are made up of securities issued by socially responsible companies approved underarticle L. 3332-17-1 of the French Labour Code or by venture capital companies referred to in I of article 1 of law…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-9

…ompulsory for dishes containing one or more pieces of beef within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-21

…ssionals mentioned in article L. 444-1 by the national professional bodies listed in Article R. 444-17, which transmit them annually, either by secure electronic communication or by any other appropri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1-1

…R. 634-17 of the Education Code respectively for the study of medicine and odontology and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-9

…n when information concerning you is subject to automated processing (art. 39 et 40 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978) to:the officer of the public prosecutor's office at the local court or the pol…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Software pledge agreement

Article L132-34

Without prejudice to the provisions of the loi du 17 mars 1909 relative à la vente et au nantissement des fonds de commerce, the exploitation right of the author of software defined in Article L. 122-…

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