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

Article L3313-1

…partment finally settled shall be made public by means of printing. The provisions of articles L. 2313-1 and L. 2313-1-1 are applicable to the départements. The place where these documents are made av…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-19

…ft partial asset contribution agreement shall contain the information referred to in Article R. 236-1, with the exception of the information referred to in 4°, 7° and 9°. II.-Where the second paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services on the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Passports)

Article R532-17

…ablishment and freedom to provide services from the investment firms referred to in articles L. 532-18 and L. 532-18-1. It shall also receive notifications of freedom of establishment and freedom to p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-13

The third party referred to in Article L. 561-7 shall forward without delay to the persons referred to in 1° to 6° of Article L. 561-2 the information gathered in connection with the implementation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Simplification and freedom of organisation

Article R6149-1

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 6149-1, the director and the chairman of the establishment's medical committee inform the establishment's medical committee and the nursing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Principles of justification, optimisation and limitation

Article R1333-12

The dose limits defined in Article R. 1333-11 do not apply to persons subject to the following exposures:1° Exposure of patients as part of a diagnosis or therapeutic treatment based on ionising radia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-12

Bonds issued by the associations referred to in Article L. 213-8 may be offered to the public. In this case, it is subject to supervision by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) under the conditi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion.

Article R241-1

1° For the application of this Book in French Guiana and Martinique, the words: "préfet de région" or: "préfet de département" are replaced by the word: "préfet"; 2° The provisions of 1° apply from th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion.

Article R441-1

1° For the application of this Book in French Guiana and Martinique, the words: "préfet de région" or: "préfet de département" are replaced by the word: "préfet"; 2° The provisions of 1° apply from th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Exception for people with disabilities

Article R122-18

The legal entities and establishments included on the list mentioned in 1° of Article L. 122-5-1 who request the digital file of a work deposited by the publisher may only communicate the file transmi…

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