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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-11

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R912-1

For the application of Articles R. 221-3, R. 221-4, R. 223-26, R. 225-20, R. 225-22, R. 225-24, R. 225-47, R. 225-49, R. 225-51, R. 225-106 and R. 227-1-1, the reference to Article 26 of Regulation (E…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy.

Article R962-1

For the application of Articles R. 221-3, R. 221-4, R. 223-26, R. 225-20, R. 225-22, R. 225-24, R. 225-47, R. 225-49, R. 225-51, R. 225-106 and R. 227-1-1, the reference to Article 26 of Regulation (E…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…ance with which entails non-compliance with the aforementioned provisions.II - It is responsible for1° Examining applications for authorisations or individual exemptions submitted to it and taking the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-2

When the activity mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 212-1 is practised in a specific environment requiring compliance with special safety measures, it can only be practised with the posse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-2

As stated in Articles 511-1 and 511-1-1 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below: Art. 511-1-The taking of cells or gametes for the purpose of creating a child genetically identical to another pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-7

…om the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Organs and tissues of human origin and labile blood products ; 2° Cells of human origin and the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article D744-12

…ember 2018D. 214-240-5 to D. 214-240-7n° 2019-1296 of 4 December 2019II. - For the application of I:1° In the first paragraph of I of Article D. 214-228, the words "whose registered office is in a Sta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-12

In the case provided for in 3° of article L. 1262-1 and when the foreign company is working on behalf of a private individual, it shall join the inter-company occupational health service that is terri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Procedures and penalties

Article L343-1-1

The court may order, of its own motion or at the request of any person entitled to bring an infringement action, all legally permissible investigative measures, even if a seizure for infringement has…

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