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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article D783-2

…g resulting from the decreeD. 612-1n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013D. 612-5-1 and D. 612-6-1No. 2015-1160 of 17 September 2015D. 612-8no. 2010-218 of 3 March 2010

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-10

The Regional Health Agency is responsible for the strategic planning, coordination, monitoring and analysis of the activities of approved centres. The tuberculosis centres approved under the condition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-14

The Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires draws up its budget. On 1 March each year, it draws up its balance sheet for the operations of the previous year. Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Voter participation in local decision-making

Article L1821-1

…ticles L. 1112-19 to L. 1112-22 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia. Article L. 1112-16 is applicable to the municipalities of French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 202…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-43

…authorised in France are members of the guarantee fund provided for in articles L. 312-4 to L. 312-16.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Refusal and termination

Article D551-22

For the application of 4° of Article L. 551-16, the financial resources are those referred to in the second paragraph of Article D. 553-3.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-28

…the response from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine comply with Article R. 2141-16.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to canvass.

Article D341-8

The form referred to in the second paragraph of I of article L. 341-16, which is entitled "Form relating to the withdrawal period provided for in article L. 341-16 of the Monetary and Financial Code",…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article R754-1

…2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20 July 2020R. 312-4-4n° 2018-229 of 30 March 20…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…ks in the digital age;Article L. 113-9-1 is applicable in the wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1658 of 15 December 2021.Articles L. 132-15, L. 132-17-1-1, L. 132-17-3, L. 132-17-4-1, L. 132-17-8…

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