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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-2

…1741 and 1743 result from one of the cases provided for in 1° to 5° of II of the article L. 228 du livre des procédures fiscales; 2° Les infractions prévues aux Articles 313-1 to 313-3 of the Criminal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

I.-Any person who hosts personal health data collected in the course of preventive, diagnostic, care or social and medico-social monitoring activities, on behalf of the natural or legal persons respon…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Exercise of freedom of establishment and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-3

…urance or reinsurance intermediary or the incidental insurance intermediary for the distribution activities envisaged, it shall, within one month of receipt, forward the information referred to in I t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Exercise of freedom of establishment and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-4

…ions of II, where immediate action is necessary to protect the rights of policyholders and where equivalent measures in the home Member State are insufficient or lacking, the Autorité de contrôle prud…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-2

…to the contrary being deemed unwritten. II.-Any intermediary referred to in 1° to 4° of I that receives a request for information as provided for in the first paragraph of I shall forward the informa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-24

…the person mentioned in Article L. 561-2 responsible for these transactions. This person shall receive notification of his objection from the department referred to in Article L. 561-23. In such case…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Mutual insurance group companies and affiliation agreements

Article R322-163

…so be convened at any time by the Board of Directors. II.-1° Notice of the General Meeting must be given by registered letter sent to the companies affiliated by agreement, at least fifteen days befor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-76

…companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the executive director(s) and the remuneration of the members of the supervisory board are determined in accor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 F

…ly or totally exempt from business property tax establishments carrying on a commercial or craft activity in a town centre revitalisation zone defined in II of this article. To benefit from this exemp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1754

…s, with a view to monitoring import, purchase, sale, commission and brokerage operations involving live animals for slaughter and charcuterie.2. In the event of non-compliance with any of the undertak…

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