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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-3

…nce company must be authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution."; b) In the last paragraph of I, the words: ", in the case of finance companies or," are deleted; 3° In Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article D2213-1-0-2

…entioned in article R. 221-1 of the Environment Code is not complied with for at least three of the last five years. II.-The municipalities or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation wit…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-29

…in which the person will be hospitalised. This order is entered in the register provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 3213-1 of the Public Health Code. A copy of the psychiatric report in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-40

…eems useful. In all cases, the accused person, if present, and his counsel must be allowed to speak last. If the Panel considers that it has not received sufficient information, it will ask the rappor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5223-1

…vitro diagnostic medical device; 2° Specifies the date on which it was drawn up or the date of the last modification and includes at least the following information: a) The name or trade reference of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-35

…the structure and on the basis of the organisation decided in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of article R. 6152-26, the taking of days off during certain periods of the year depe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R6153-2

…V. - The intern will benefit from a safety rest immediately after each on-call period and after the last journey made during an on-call period.The time devoted to safety rest may not be used to fulfil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of the opening of the laboratory and changes to its operation

Article D6222-6

…cle L. 6223-4, the laboratory's legal representative shall send the declaration provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 6222-1 to the Regional Health Agency, by any means that can be reliably…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-21-1

…n; And, in addition, if the special terms and conditions contain the stipulation referred to in the last paragraph of Article 4: d) In the event of non-payment of premiums due; e) After a claim. Any c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L444-2

…resident permit bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU" granted by France" are deleted; b) The last paragraph is deleted; 7° In article L. 412-2, 1°, 3°, 4°, 6°, 7°, 8°, 10° and 11° and, in 2°, t…

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