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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedural obligations and rights of appeal

Article L613-58

…e ; 2° The European Commission ; 3° The European Central Bank 4° The European Systemic Risk Board ; 5° The European Banking Authority 6° The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority; 7°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Time limit for applying for a residence permit

Article R431-5

…birthday, for the foreign national mentioned in Articles L. 421-23, L. 421-30 to L. 421-33, L. 423-15, L. 423-22, L. 424-1, L. 426-1 ; 3° At the latest, two months after the date of their eighteenth b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-57

…ection 3 of this section; or 4° A fund declared under paragraph 2 of sub-section 3 of this section; 5° a fonds commun d'intervention sur les marchés à terme referred to in Article L. 214-42 as it read…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-5

I. - By way of exception to I of Article L. 425-4, after obtaining the consent of the client concerned, the operator of the organised trading system may trade by matching with interposition of the pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-5

…Regional Health Agency mentioned in articles L. 6114-1, L. 6143-3, L. 6143-3-1, L. 6143-4 and L. 6145-1 to L. 6145-5 of this Code and in article L. 162-22-13 of the Social Security Code are, with rega…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L8224-5

…conditions set out inarticle 131-38 of the French Penal Code ; 2° The penalties mentioned in 1° to 5°, 8° and 12° of article 131-39 of the same code. The ban provided for in 2° of article 131-39 of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-5

…00 to 29,999 inhabitants and at ten-thirty hours for municipal councillors of municipalities with 3,500 to 9,999 inhabitants;5° At ten-thirty hours for municipal councillors of municipalities with les…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-50

Any veterinary pharmaceutical establishment of a company mentioned in Article R. 5142-1 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution shall keep, for each incoming and outgoing transac…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: University Hospital High Committee

Article D6142-52

…y hospital centres appointed by the conference of general directors of university hospital centres; 5° One hospital centre director appointed by the conference of hospital centre directors; 6° Two uni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical transport sub-committee.

Article R6313-5

…cer in charge of operations, appointed by the departmental director of the fire and rescue service; 5° The four representatives of the professional medical transport organisations designated in articl…

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