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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…interest and similar income, income from shares and other variable- or fixed-income securities, and commissions received in accordance with Article 316 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4126-36

Where the practitioner concerned is a national of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area other than France, the decision of the Disciplinary Chamb…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

…rs may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names but to use their employment commission number, their capacity and their department or unit of assignment. This possibility appli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-4

…ommunal cooperation with its own tax system of more than 50,000 inhabitants, member of the European Commission, member of the executive board of the European Central Bank or member of the monetary pol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-1

The fees and commissions charged for the management, marketing and investment of the funds referred to in Article D. 214-80 are broken down into the following aggregate categories, according to the ty…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The General Committee

Article R4641-9

The General Commission is consulted on draft laws and ordinances and on draft decrees issued on the report of the Minister for Labour. On these texts, it issues the opinion of the Conseil d'orientatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-2-1

For the purposes of this Code, States that are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area but are not members of the European Union are treated in the same way as Member States of the Euro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-81

…imentation, de l'environnement et du travail, after examining the control reports and notifying the Commission of the European Communities. Within sixty days of receiving the samples, it notifies the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-4

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-4

…National de Gestion, on behalf of the Minister for Health, may, after receiving the opinion of the commission for authorisation to practice mentioned in articles L. 4221-14-1 and L. 4221-14-2 and on…

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