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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Purpose of approval.

Article R6312-14

The light medical vehicle is reserved for transporting a maximum of three patients in a seated position.It can be used to transport labile blood products.It can simultaneously transport one patient an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-4

In the report referred to in the second sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 621-18-3, the AMF shall report on the application of Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-6 and may approve any recommendat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article D421-6

The AMF draws up and maintains a list of French regulated markets. It shall communicate this list to the other Member States of the European Union and to the other States party to the Agreement on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article D612-54

The AMF may take into account information about the proposed statutory auditor or, as the case may be, the natural person proposed to perform the assignment, which is sent to it by one of the authorit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-96

For the application of this sub-section :1° The turnover share of a cinema is defined as the ratio between the turnover relating to the sale of food and beverages achieved by this cinema over a given…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3381-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands to concession contracts concluded by the State or its public esta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-11

The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to the special investigative techniques mentioned in this section. These special investigative techniques may be implemented if the requirements of the inv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Regulated savings products

Article R742-17

I. - Article R. 221-127 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2019-1379 of 18 December 2019, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Regulated savings products

Article R743-17

I. - Article R. 221-127 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2019-1379 of 18 December 2019, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the applicatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Regulated savings products

Article R744-16

I. - Article R. 221-127 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2019-1379 of 18 December 2019, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For t…

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