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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-4

…een registered with the Autorité des marchés financiers may not provide the services referred to in 1° to 4° of Article L. 54-10-2. Any person who is not registered as a provider of the services refer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Hospital care homes

Article L6328-1

…ions under which maisons d'accueil hospitalières may enter into agreements with health establishments. The organisations managing the maisons d'accueil hospitalières send these agreements to the direc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article R134-10

…heirs or universal successors, through the intermediary of the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1.When the Registrar has received proof of the death of a registered person, and if the heirs or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article R270-1

…ean Union citizens failing to comply with the registration formality provided for in article L. 236-1 is punishable by the fine provided for fourth-class contraventions.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: National standards

Article D1181-1

The national harm reduction guidelines for prostitutes, adopted for the application of article L. 1181-1 and reproduced inappendix 11-3 of this code, are hereby approved.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-3

…ance of the hearings and has access to the case file, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 114 and 114-1. This lawyer is chosen by the assisted witness or appointed ex officio by the Presiden…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-14

…luding when they entrust essential or important operational functions or other tasks to third parties. They must maintain an adequate level of own funds. The conditions for application of this article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-1

…of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of Article L. 1271-1-1, the second paragraph of Article L. 1271-5, Articles L. 1271-7 and L. 1271-8, and the secon…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VI: RULES APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CONCESSION CONTRACTS

Article R3126-1

This chapter applies to the following concession contracts: 1° Concession contracts whose estimated value is below the European threshold set out in a notice annexed to this code; 2° Concession contra…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: PENALTIES

Article L761-1

The benefit of the provisions of this book shall be forfeited: 1° Any person who has knowingly made false declarations or submitted inaccurate documents; 2° Any person who has embezzled or concealed o…

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