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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Internal organisation of approved professional associations

Article R513-16

…rôle prudentiel et de résolution to approve this code under the conditions set out inArticle L. 612-29-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 ter B

…nisations that receive interest from sums held in special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009, under conditions defined by decree, by the mutual credit banks that are members of the Confédé…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-2

…cal devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC and set up a system to ensure the qua…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-51

For the period between 29 December 2021 and 29 March 2022, the rates are set at :- 290.40% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 155.21% when the am…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Medical Risk Observatory.

Article D1142-68

…the Medical Risks Observatory analyses the data defined in the first paragraph of article L. 1142-29 for the purposes of understanding medical risks, as part of its annual report. It thus highlights…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit

Article R561-37-1

…de of Criminal Procedure; 2° Requests for information that are sent to it pursuant toArticle L. 561-29, when they relate to terrorism or organised crime associated with terrorism, and to Article 561-3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-31

The risk of re-offending mentioned in Article 723-29 must be established by a medical assessment ordered by the sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the provisions of article 712-16, the conc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL AGENCY FOR TERRITORIAL COHESION

Article R1231-3

…enting the actions mentioned in V of Article 36 and in the second paragraph of article 41 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 relating to the powers of prefects, the organisation and action of Sta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-24

…tracts is taken into account for the application of the provisions of I and II of article R. 214-32-29 and of article R. 214-32-33. When these financial contracts are based on indices meeting the cond…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…he lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires. Exceptionally, the courts may, by reasoned decision,…

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