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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Sale of products without packaging

Article D120-7

…s intended for particular nutritional uses in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of Decree No. 91-827 of 29 August 1991 on foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses ;4° Feed materia…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L351-7

…16 L. 314-5 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 314-6 Resulting from order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 314-7 à L. 314-10, L. 314-13, L. 314-14, L. 314-19 et L. 314-20Resu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

…annual report on the solvency and financial situation at group level referred to in Article L. 356-23 according to the following timetable a) No later than 26 weeks after the end of the undertaking's…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-1

…closely with the authorities that perform equivalent tasks to those provided for in Article L. 561-23 and with the authorities responsible for supervising anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist fin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific rules relating to third-country entities

Article D532-39

…résolution a notification containing the information mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article D. 532-23-2. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution will forward this notification to the com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Responsibilities.

Article R2521-3

…eplaced by the words: "interdepartmental risk analysis and coverage plan defined in article R. 1321-23 of the Defence Code"; 5° In III of article R. 2225-3, the words: "article L. 1424-2" are replaced…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Foreign investment subject to authorisation

Article R151-3

…ely to affect public order and public safety: 1° Activities, including those mentioned inarticle L. 2332-1 of the Defence Code, relating to arms, munitions, powder and explosive substances intended fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-7

…weekly working time determined in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles L. 3123-19 and L. 3123-27.The first paragraph of this article does not apply:1° To contracts lasting no m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-47

…or the filing of the Articles of Association at the town hall for the bodies mentioned in article 1235 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; 6° Specify whether each new member must pay an entry fee…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1460

…ng a sport; 8° Lawyers who have completed the training provided for in Chapter II of Title I of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, for a period of tw…

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