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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information for the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R519-58

No later than 31 July each year, the association shall send the report referred to in II of Article L. 519-13 to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. This report contains a copy of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-197

The correspondent mentioned in article R. 5121-181 who receives the report provided for in article R. 5121-196 immediately forwards it to the regional pharmacovigilance centre. If he is otherwise awar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-31

…e operator shall take appropriate measures relating to its use and shall bring the device back into compliance in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 5212-27 and R. 5212-27-1 . If the deteri…

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

Article 60

…n of : 1° This Code and for the purposes of fraud detection ; 2° Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the European Union Customs Cod…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1-2

…n or investment firm authorised in a Member State or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or by a subsidiary of the parent undertaking of an investment firm or credit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Supply contracts of contracting entities

Article L2153-2

…ly contract by a contracting entity contains products originating in third countries with which the European Union has not concluded, within a multilateral or bilateral framework, an agreement ensurin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-7

…of I of article L. 228-2 who receive a request for information concerning the owners of shares in a company which has its registered office in a Member State of the European Union other than France an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article R532-34

I. - The period referred to in Article L. 532-9 is suspended while the European Securities and Markets Authority examines the notification provided for in Article L. 532-37.II. - Where the Autorité de…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration procedure for travel agents and other operators selling travel and holidays.

Article R211-21

…registration application includes all the documents defined in article R. 211-20, the registration commission mentioned in article L. 141-2 issues a receipt which it communicates to the applicant. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Requests for access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article R2143-9

…ta mentioned in article L. 2143-3 or to these two categories of data, shall refer the matter to the commission for access by persons born of medically assisted procreation to third party donor data us…

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