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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to an account

Article L312-1

I. - All individuals and legal entities domiciled in France are entitled to open a deposit account with the credit institution of their choice, provided they do not have such an account in France:1° A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-1

Credit institutions are required to make available to their customers and to the public the general banking conditions they apply to the transactions they carry out.When they open an account, credit i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-1

…entioned in Article L. 213-3, with the exception of the issuer mentioned in 12 of the same article. II. - Negotiable debt securities may be freely remunerated. The Banque de France must be notified wh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Long- and short-length cinematographic works

Article D210-1

A feature-length film is one that is shown in cinemas for more than one hour.A 70mm film with at least eight perforations per image is considered to be a feature-length film if it is shown for more th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-1-1

…n that has become final with regard to it. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs, acting on the basis of article L. 524-2 or intervening in the proceedings, con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application.

Article R5132-1

…r General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in lists I or II defined in article L. 5132-6, or as narcotic or psychotropic drugs ;2° Or contain one or more sub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope, quality limits and references.

Article R1321-1-1

…of this section, the following definitions apply 1° Food uses, uses related to drinking, preparing and cooking food, washing dishes, watering vegetable gardens; 2° Personal hygiene uses, uses such as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS.

Article D214-1

…units or shares, no later than ten working days from the date of receipt of the notification letter and all the documents making up the file.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R112-1

…the policy defined by the Minister for Sport. They are placed under the supervision of the Minister and, unless otherwise stipulated, are constituted as public administrative establishments. Performan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-12

…Article L. 544-4, in accordance with the conditions laid down by the same order;d) It is subject to and complies with prudential rules that are at least as strict as those laid down for institutions c…

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