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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific rules relating to third-country entities

Article D532-37

I. - On receipt of an application for authorisation as referred to in Article L. 532-49, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall check that it is complete and, if so, shall proceed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1511-36

The maximum proportion of capital that may be held by local and regional authorities in the credit institutions or finance companies mentioned in the first paragraph of Articles L. 2253-7, L. 3231-7 a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
7. Drug addicts

Article R1112-39

Persons ordered by the judicial or health authorities to undergo a detoxification cure are admitted and discharged under the conditions set out in Articles L. 3413-1 to L. 3413-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R519-36

…erifies that the staff of its members subject to the requirement of good repute referred to in articles L. 500-1, L. 519-3-3 and R. 519-6 meet this requirement. To this end, any person applying for me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-3

The investigating judge or the judicial police officer assigned by him may, by any means, request any person, private or public establishment or body or public administration likely to hold documents…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 341 bis

1. Customs reports, where they are authentic until falsified, shall be deemed to be evidence of title for the purpose of obtaining, in accordance with common law, authorisation to take all appropriate…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-34

The chairman and alternate chairman of the classification committee are appointed for a period of three years, renewable twice, by Prime Ministerial decree issued on the report of the Minister for Cul…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-30

The Administrative College comprises five full members and ten alternate members representing the Minister for the Interior, the Minister for Justice, the Minister for National Education, the Minister…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-31

The college of professionals is made up of nine full members and eighteen alternate members chosen by the Minister for Culture from leading figures in the film industry, after consultation with the ma…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the classification committee

Article R211-38

Members of classification committees may attend meetings of the classification committee.They may only take part in discussions in an advisory capacity at the request of the chairman of the classifica…

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