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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-3

…s, strategies and procedures implemented by Class 2 investment firms to comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and to identify, measure and manage the risks to which they are or may be exposed, as defi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6152-4

…ell as the proportion of the emoluments, indemnities and allowances provided for in article R. 6152-23 and related costs to be borne by each of them.In accordance with article L. 1435-5-1 and as part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-2

…llowing are authorised to investigate and record infringements of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, of this Title and of those adopted for their application:1° Inspectors f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Special provisions for works of art

Article L1616-1

…he amount of the investment to the insertion of works of art in all buildings that were subject, on 23 July 1983, the date of publication of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-22-1

…icates the use by an athlete of a substance or method prohibited pursuant to 3° of II of article L. 232-9 in the context of establishing the profile mentioned in article L. 232-12-1, the matter is ref…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1

…h, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-21

…esponding to the effective exercise of the functions of mayor, set in accordance with articles L. 2123-20 and L. 2123-23 according to the population of the associated municipality. Deputies to the dep…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-5

…raphic works that have benefited from the provisions of article 17 of emergency law no. 2020-290 of 23 March 2020 to deal with the covid-19 epidemic and cinematographic works that have been shown comm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-13

…is subject to independent accounting, established under the conditions defined in the articles L. 123-12 à L. 123-23 et L. 123-25 to L. 123-27.By way of derogation from Article L. 123-28 and the firs…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Fees

Article R623-35

…asks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority taken pursuant to Article L. 623-23, mention of the lodging of the appeal is automatically entered in the National Register of Pla…

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