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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-48

I.-A third-country firm establishes a branch in order to provide, in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte or Saint-Martin, the investment services mentioned in A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D561-51

The purpose of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Policy Board is : 1° To ensure better coordination between government departments and supervisory authoritie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-19

…s or reports of meetings held by the governing body and by the bodies referred to in article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code after the financial year-end; examine, where appropriate, the most…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…s for which the conditional dispensing prescription mentioned in article L. 5121-12-1-1 may be used;16° The specific rules applicable to pharmacological, toxicological and clinical trials of homeopath…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-7

…5 of 1 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse and the rules of conduct applicable to natural persons under their aut…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-3

The agreement may be concluded for a fixed term which may not exceed five years. It may be renewed by express decision of the parties. Division may only be brought about before the agreed term if ther…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-3

A natural mineral spring may be declared to be in the public interest. In this case, it may be assigned a protection perimeter, which may cover separate plots of land. Within this perimeter, all activ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L4211-1

…ect management of a development operation on a road in the non-concessionary national public road domain, if this road constitutes an itinerary of regional interest identified by the regional plan for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

…engagement, whether their assessment of the risk of material misstatement at the assertion level remains appropriate. If necessary, they modify the nature, timing or extent of the planned procedures.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-2

The bill of exchange may be to the order of the drawer himself. It may be drawn on the drawer himself. It may be drawn on behalf of a third party. It may be payable at the domicile of a third party, e…

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