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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article L743-14

…ight-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 221-35 law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Act no. 2007-177…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article L742-14

…ight-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 221-35 law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Act no. 2007-177…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-24

…rs and fitness medicine for volunteer firefighters, under the conditions set out in article R. 1424-28 ;3° Advice on preventive medicine, health and safety, in particular to the specialised health, sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-1

…sation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28, establish branches to p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-4

…2142-27. These orders determine the conditions for carrying out and renewing these tests. Embryos may not be accepted if these tests cannot be carried out on either member of the couple or on the un…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-31

…ted by the delegated insurer under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 313-28.Where the endorsement includes one or more figures on the cost of insurance, this cost is express…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-77

The date after which voting forms received by the Company will no longer be taken into account may not be more than three days before the date of the General Meeting, unless a shorter period is provid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-1-1

…1-2 of the Public Health Code or a judicial autopsy has been ordered in accordance with article 230-28 of the code of criminal procedure. The information on this additional medical section confirms, s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: General safety measures

Article R4462-9

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 4227-28 to R. 4227-33, the following fire-fighting measures are taken for fixed installations within the pyrotechnic enclosure: 1° The immediate s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D351-6

…the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 314-22 and D. 314-23 Resulting from the decree no. 2022-894 of 15 Ju…

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