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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 62

I.-For the purposes of applying this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the EU and repealing Regul…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-28

…ng to one of the items mentioned in i and ii of a of Article 69 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, classified in Level 1 as provided for in Article R. 351-23, in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Provisions relating to the resolution of transnational groups

Article L613-59-1

I. - Where a credit institution, an investment firm or a parent undertaking established in a non-EU Member State has in France and in at least one other EU Member State a subsidiary or branch consider…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-2

…of this code is the performance right in a work broadcast by satellite from the territory of a non-EU Member State that does not provide a level of copyright protection equivalent to that guaranteed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1

Holders transporting cash, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repeal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-2

Pursuant to Articles 62,70,74,75 and 82 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, before carrying out a clinical investigation, the sponsor shall submi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-31

…rocedures applicable to the coordinated assessment procedure described in Article 78 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017; 2° The conditions applic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-134

Where the European Public Prosecutor's Office decides not to exercise its jurisdiction, the public prosecutor hearing the investigation or the investigating judge hearing the information shall remain…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-23

…e documentation requirements are set out in Articles 243 to 246 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-2

…re-production, production of immersive works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

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