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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-7

…after obtaining the opinion of the Banque de France under the fourth paragraph of I of article L. 141-4 or article L. 521-8. To obtain this authorisation, an application must be submitted to the Aut…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Rural solidarity grant.

Article R2334-7

…each commune under the first fraction of the rural solidarity grant provided for in article L. 2334-21 is equal to the product of the population, taken into account within the limit of 10,000 inhabita…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L281-7

For the application of this book to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The references to Directive 2004/38 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Unio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-7

…ed to in article L. 310-3-2 authorised to operate in one or more of the classes referred to in 1 to 18 of articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the Social Secur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-7-1

…it received the decision of the Competition Authority or was informed of it pursuant to Article L. 430-5, the Minister responsible for the economy may ask the Autorité de la concurrence for an in-dept…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-76

The provisions of I of article R. 5126-30, of article R. 5126-31 and, subject to article R. 5126-71, of article R. 5126-33 are applicable to the in-house pharmacies of the fire and rescue services.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Aeration and sanitation

Article R4212-7

…checking their efficiency and drawing up the instructions for use provided for in article R. 4222-21.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-7

…rs that additional information is required to enable him to reach a decision on the application, he may suspend consideration of the application until the missing information has been received, subjec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R512-30

Établissements de crédit maritime mutuel are subject to the disclosure formalities to which commercial companies are subject under articles R. 123-150 to R. 123-162 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-71

…ent of the request and the nature of the information requested. In the case provided for by article 77-1-2, the report shall mention the prior agreement of the public prosecutor, which may be given by…

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