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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-17

I. - The design, construction and modification of ski lifts, the way in which they are operated and the checks carried out to ensure that they are in good working order are subject to administrative a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-2

…the professional authors' organisations, the collective management organisations mentioned in Title II of Book III of this Part, the professional organisations representing producers and, where applic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Preventing the unlawful downloading and making available of works and subject-matter protected by copyright or related rights

Article L336-2

…d procedure on the merits may order, at the request of the holders of rights in the protected works and objects, their successors in title, collective management bodies governed by Title II of Book II…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-12

…whose head office is outside the European Union is not equivalent to that provided for in Sections II, III, IV, V and VI of this Chapter, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ex…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-3

…nancial holding company which has its head office in the European Union, the provisions of Sections II, III, IV, V and VI of this Chapter apply only at the level of the ultimate parent undertaking at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-11-1

…if external measures are necessary, persons undergoing psychiatric care in application of Chapters II and III of this Title or of Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the form of full…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-8

…een received by the payer's payment service provider unless otherwise provided for in this article. II. - Where the payment transaction is initiated by the payee or by the payer giving a payment order…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-45

…ordance with the conditions laid down by order of the Minister for the Economy, credit institutions and finance companies shall publish in the notes to their annual financial statements information on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L753-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L754-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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