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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional liability

Article L211-17

…(EC) No 261/2004, Regulation (EC) No 392/2009, Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010, Regulation (EU) No 181/2011, Regulation (EU) No 2021/782 and international conventions. Passengers have the right to lodge…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28-2

…been authorised to be subject to rules similar to those mentioned in Articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capacity as group supervisor shall i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

…3° In Articles R. 613-14, R. 613-15, R. 613-19, R. 613-22, the references to Decree No. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 shall be deleted; 4° In the first paragraph of Article R. 613-18, after the words "…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure

Article R5121-51-3

…rector General of the Agency will refer the matter to the coordination group referred to in Article 27 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. 2° If the applicant design…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9

…anch or providing services in France, which manage one or more AIFs within the meaning of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011;8° The intermediaries in var…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-16

…ution of part of a company's assets carried out under the conditions provided for in article L. 236-27 of this Code, the company resulting from the merger, the company designated by the demerger agree…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-4

…ivity in the course of which the offence was committed, in accordance with the terms of article 131-27 of the same code. These disqualifications may be imposed cumulatively; 5° Confiscation of the thi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-55

…rticles 1 and 2 of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, and in Articles 1 to 4 of the Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on combating terro…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-28

PPE-LS means any device or means defined in article R. 322-27 intended to be worn or held by a person in order to protect them against one or more risks likely to threaten their health and safety. The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-5

…he first paragraph are also liable to the penalties of a management ban provided for in Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code and partial deprivation of civil and civic rights provided for in 2° of Arti…

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