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Showing 27512760 of 30902 articles for Art. Loi Climat 2021-1104 du 22-8-2021

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-8

I. - Before granting authorisation as an investment firm to an applicant that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of an insurance company, reinsurance company, credit institution, investment firm or po…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-8

The processing of personal data is carried out under the supervision of the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, who, on his or her own initiative or at the request of the person concerned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-8

…chés financiers shall immediately communicate the information required for the performance of their duties to the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or the other St…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-8

…uding the protection perimeters provided for in article L. 1321-2, the places and areas of water production, distribution and conditioning and, where applicable, the treatment products and processes u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

…d medico-social monitoring activities, on behalf of the natural or legal persons responsible for producing or collecting this data or on behalf of the patient him/herself, shall do so under the condit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-8

…llowing information, in the order specified below: 1° It indicates whether the contract is an individual or group life insurance contract, or a capitalisation contract. For contracts mentioned in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-8-2

…nts, import, export and distribute, after obtaining the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, a medicinal product authorised in another Member State of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Technical provisions for reinsurance operations

Article R343-8

…apitalisation reserve: reserve intended to cover the depreciation of the company's assets and the reduction in their income; 9° Management provision: intended to cover future contract management expen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Secure surveillance and secure detention

Article R53-8-50

If the security surveillance takes place at the end of a security detention period, the sentence enforcement judge with territorial jurisdiction to supervise the person is notified before the person l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-8

The professional practice standard relating to the audit procedures performed by the statutory auditor following its risk assessment, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: . NEP-330.…

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