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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Vehicles used for the transport of corpses before coffining (R).

Article D2223-113

…with either French standards, foreign standards or the technical specifications provided for in the regulations of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the agreement establishin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to professional customers

Article D533-11

The following are deemed to be professional clients within the meaning of article L. 533-16, for all investment services and all financial instruments:1. a) The credit institutions referred to in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-11

…nical trial concerns a medicinal product containing a pharmacologically active substance covered by Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…ns:1° The company is a small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…l assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures and by Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 of 7 October 2010 on administrative cooperation and combating fraud in t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Company solvency

Article A334-1

…n showing how the solvency margin will be maintained, after repayment, at the level required by the regulations. This plan is not required if the proportion of the funds included in the solvency margi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency requirements

Article A385-1

…n showing how the solvency margin will be maintained, after repayment, at the level required by the regulations. This plan is not required if the share of the funds included in the solvency margin is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…to the conditions for issuing the foreign trader's identity card; 17° Article 331-5 of the General Regulations of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers; 18° Article 16 of the Order of 6 May 1995 on aer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-169

…of civil enforcement measures in compliance with the allocation rules defined by the institution's regulations or articles of association.The rules governing the allocation of sums received by the fu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…ed by the words: "authorised to treat people suffering from mental disorders in accordance with the regulations applicable locally";4° bis In the first sentence of Article L. 3211-2-3, the words: "in…

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