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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-2

…shall be made under the conditions set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on market…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-48

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine :1° The content and procedures for the declarations provided for in Article L. 1251-45 and the deadline for submitting them to the administrative authori…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4212-1

Except in cases where the offence was committed intentionally and the penalties set out in article L. 541-46 of the Environmental Code are applicable, the offence of failing to collect or failing to c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1211-31

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply 1° Incident: an accident or error related to activities involving the elements, products or derivatives mentioned in 1° of the I of ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I to IIIa

Article 1649

…s under which laws no. 73-1229 of 31 December 1973, no. 75-678 of 29 July 1975 and no. 77-616 of 16 June 1977 relating to property tax, council tax and business tax will apply in the overseas departme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-4

…e in accordance with the conditions set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on market…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L3311-3

…en concerning the operation of the department, the policies it pursues within its territory and the guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation. The content of this report and the proce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4311-1-1

…nd men concerning the operation of the region, the policies it pursues within its territory and the guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation. The content of this report and the proce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The prison integration and probation service

Article D576

…nforcement judge, the public prosecutor and the other instructing magistrates determine the general guidelines for the execution of measures entrusted to the prison integration and probation service,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of regional health agencies

Article D1433-2

The National Steering Committee for the Regional Health Agencies formulates general guidelines on the policies and measures implemented by the Regional Health Agencies. It ensures the consistency of t…

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