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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-5

…es and directors, the impartiality of their governance, assessed in the light of their written procedures, and their ability to ensure the performance and continuity of their missions through appropri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2224-5

…must appear in the annual report and are transmitted to the information system, as well as the procedures for transmitting these data.Municipal wastewater services are subject to the provisions of thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance for research sponsors

Article R1121-5

…and third paragraphs of article L. 1121-3, as approved by the Committee for the Protection of Individuals pursuant to article L. 1123-7 and, where applicable, by the French National Agency for the Saf…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Control of legality of public contracts

Article R2131-5

The transmission to the prefect or sub-prefect of public contracts of municipalities and their public establishments other than public health establishments includes the following documents: 1° A copy…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation (R)

Article R2223-57

The application for authorisation shall include:1° A statement indicating the name of the management authority, company, association or establishment, its legal form, its activity, its registered offi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-2

…onseil d'Etat shall set the compensation system for its members, its accounting system and the procedures for applying this article.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5

…ion of the usury rate is set out in articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-9 of the French Consumer Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 314-6- A usurious loan is any contractual loan granted at an overall effective…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-54

…ided for by this article shall also contain genetic fingerprints collected in the course of:1° Procedures for investigating the cause of death or the cause of a disappearance provided for by the artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-5

Failure to provide the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2, as part of the due diligence measures provided for in Section 3 of Chapter I of Title VI, or failure to declare to the Trade and Compani…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R50-51

…ailing to provide justification. Prison registry officers authorised by the heads of prisons, individually designated and authorised officers from the prison intelligence office of the prison administ…

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