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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in France (Incoming passport)

Article R532-17

…om to provide services from the management companies referred to in articles L. 532-20-1 and L. 532-21-3.II. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall receive notifications of freed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-100-2

…basis of the reference framework for territorial sustainable development projects and local Agenda 21s mentioned in the second paragraph of the'article 254 de la loi n° 2010-788 du 12 juillet 2010 po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-2

Following the granting of a marketing authorisation, including for an authorisation granted before 21 July 2012, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 1

…de la République du Bénin relative à la circulation et au séjour des personnes, signée à Cotonou le 21 décembre 1992, approuvée par la loi n° 94-535 du 28 juin 1994 and published by the décret n° 94-9…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Ranking of claims

Article L643-8

…yment of legal costs. 4° Claims guaranteed by the preferential right provided for in Article L. 624-21; > 5° Claims guaranteed by the preferential right provided for in Article L. 624-21; and 5° Claim…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3-1

…practice cannot be identified or has not complied with an injunction issued pursuant to Article L. 521-1, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may, by means of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-1

…tation. The issue of the title gives rise to the legal dissemination provided for in Article L. 612-21. Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, foreign natio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-7-2

Without prejudice to the information obligations provided for in article 19 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy and in articles L. 111-7 and L. 111-7-1 of this co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-2

In the contracts mentioned in article L. 212-1, the presence of one or more unfair terms covered by the decree issued pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 212-1 is punishable by an administr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

…l police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 may carry out not only the identity checks provided for in the eighth paragraph of article 78-2 b…

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