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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of criminal record cards

Article R69

The automated national criminal records department, as soon as it is notified, shall record on the records the particulars prescribed in articles 769 and 769-1. The notice intended for the automated n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L752-13

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-han…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L753-13

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L754-12

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicat…

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

Article D313-27

The following are excluded from any indemnification or assumption of liability by the surety guarantee mechanism: 1° Guarantee commitments made in favour of the following persons: a) Credit institutio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article D424-4-1

Without prejudice to Article 78 of the aforementioned Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 and for the application of Article L. 424-7, the multilateral trading facility as a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-36

The marketing authorisation is granted by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The authorisation includes the national number identifying th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-83

Classification in the category of medicinal products reserved for hospital use has the following effects: 1° Prescription of the medicinal product is reserved : a) To a doctor, dental surgeon or midwi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

At the request of the judicial police officer, or under the latter's control, the judicial police officer, intervening by telematic or computerised means, public bodies or legal persons governed by pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

The repurchase by the specialised finance company of its own shares or debt securities or the issue of new shares or debt securities may be temporarily suspended by the Board of Directors, the Managem…

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