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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-11-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act No. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal per…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Civil liability insurance.

Article R512-14

…ional indemnity insurance contract provided for in article L. 512-6 must cover the territory of the European Community and that of the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-2

…ment must have a university degree referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 concerning cosmetic products, or equivale…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Companies opening a first establishment in France.

Article R123-113

…s that are not registered or are governed by the legislation of a State that is not a member of the European Union or not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area concerned by the last p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Coordinator training and training body.

Article R4532-30

…al person may act as a trainer of coordinators if he or she can provide evidence of : 1° A level of competence at least equal to that required for coordinators in Articles R. 4532-25 and R. 4532-26, e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-37

…limit of a pharmacologically active substance in application of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-15

…xy holder with special authority, after the custodian's certificate has been drawn up and after the report provided for in Article L. 225-14.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation

Article L131-4

The activity report of the National Court of Asylum is made public. It includes, in particular, quantitative and qualitative data presented by gender and training initiatives for staff and members of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-3

As soon as the report referred to in article L. 3131-5 of the public procurement code has been communicated, its examination is placed on the agenda of the next meeting of the deliberative assembly, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-6

…lace of automated processing of nominative information relating to offences recorded by an official report drawn up in digital format is considered to be the place where the offence was recorded.

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