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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-5

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 6122-1 is subject to compliance with commitments relating, on the one hand, to the expenditure to be borne by the health insurance scheme or to the volume o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-32

The AIFM referred to in Article L. 532-30 shall have a legal representative in France. The legal representative is the AIFM's contact point in the European Union. All official correspondence between t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-2

…Polynesia;2° (Repealed) ;3° At the end of the first sentence of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 3131-13, the words: "of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency" are replaced by the w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-6

…mum amount of the fine levied may not exceed the maximum amount of the fine provided for in Article L. 5431-9 of this Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…e santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-8 , L. 5423-9, L. 5426-2 , L. 5438-1 , L. 5461-9 and L. 5462-8 , ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L3122-4

The departmental council elects the members of the standing committee.The standing committee is made up of the president of the departmental council, between four and fifteen vice-presidents, provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

…managed by managers established in the European Union without the authorisation required in Article L. 532-30 or without the notification referred to in Articles L. 214-24-1 and L. 214-24-2 or without…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-3

Article L. 3136-1 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to combat the ep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-12

…of a management company are liable to a fine of €30,000 if they : 1° Failing to comply with Article L. 214-101 ; 2° Failing to submit the documents provided for in the first two paragraphs of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Banking intermediaries

Article L571-15

…nd payment services without complying with the obligation set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 519-2 is liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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