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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-10

…e 32 of the same Delegated Regulation; 2° An assessment of the test carried out pursuant to Article 30(5) of the Delegated Regulation; 3° Statistics on the use of the dedicated interface over the thre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-25

…its composition complies with the diversification rules mentioned in I and II of Article R. 214-32-30;c) When the index is composed of other assets, its composition is diversified according to rules…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Radon management in establishments open to the public

Article R1333-36

…surement devices, the bodies mentioned in I shall call upon the bodies mentioned in Article R. 1333-30.IV -For each of the services mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of I, the organisations draw up an interv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-2

I.-The provisions of Chapter V of Title I of Book II of this Part are not applicable to Mayotte. II.-The following shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014: 1° Article L. 5210-4 ; 2° Article L. 5211…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune and merged communes

Article R2113-25

For the application of articles L. 2334-4, L. 2334-5, L. 2336-2 and L. 5211-29 the first year of creation of the new commune: 1° The communal bases taken into account are the recorded bases of each fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-13

The appendices to the regional plan for spatial planning, sustainable development and territorial equality include:1° The environmental impact report drawn up as part of the environmental assessment o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-34

The knowledge-testing examination consists of the following tests: 1° A written test, lasting five hours, the purpose of which is to deal with a case file relating to one or more of the tasks likely t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-3-1

…e with the conditions set out in 2° of Article L. 331-28 and Articles L. 331-7 to L. 331-10, L. 331-30 to L. 331-32 and L. 331-34.Any dispute relating to the right to benefit from the exceptions defin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obstacles to the legal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2223-2

It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to prevent or attempt to prevent anyone from carrying out or obtaining information about a voluntary interruption of pregnancy or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article R311-10

…part of the assets of a person subject to resolution proceedings, pursuant to 6° of Article L. 311-30, it may prescribe, in accordance with the procedures set out inArticle R. 612-9 of the Monetary a…

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