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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L785-3

…clesIn the wording resulting fromArticleL. 613-20-1, with the exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 January 2010 L. 613-20-7 Ordinance no. 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L784-4

…clesIn the wording resulting fromArticleL. 613-20-1, with the exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 January 2010 L. 613-20-7 Ordinance no. 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L783-4

…clesIn the wording resulting fromArticleL. 613-20-1, with the exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 January 2010 L. 613-20-7 Ordinance no. 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-8

…L. 1241-2 and L. 1241-4 are applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.Articles L. 1241-3 and L. 1243-3 are applicable in New Caledonia and French…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-1

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of I of article L. 5121-12-2, of article L. 5124-8, of articles L. 5124-8-1 to L. 5124-8-4, of II of article L. 5126-7, of II of articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Delegated driving vehicle

Article L224-68-1

…e manufacturer or its authorised representative, within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018, on any medium. The vehicle ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: End of the research period

Article R1233-15-2

…o request reimbursement of the public aid referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1233-57-21, notifies his decision within a maximum period of one month from his validation or approval decis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

…powered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers' rights and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article L2343-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 201 of Law No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, the commune's accountant is solely responsible for executing receipts and expenditure, for pursui…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-23

…ure pursuant to Article L. 326-10 must include: 1° The transparency report mentioned in article R. 321-14 ; 2° With regard to the implementation of actions whose funding is provided for by article L.…

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