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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10

The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall apply additional customer due diligence measures, over and above the measures provided for in Articles L. 561-5 and L. 561-5-1, when :1° The customer,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of human body parts and products

Article R1542-5

…able in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees No. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, No. 2015-1281 of 13 October 2015, No. 2016-273 of 4 March 2016, and No. 2017-631 of 25 April 2017, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article D3821-12

Articles D. 3121-1 to D. 3121-14 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Articles D. 3121-21 to D. 3121-23-1 and D. 3121-24 to D. 3121-26, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2015-796 of 1st July 201…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-30

…n of the art cinema commission meeting in a regional formation. The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, if he considers it useful, consult the national arthouse film co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-26

…231-27, or awarded pursuant to Articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…November 2021. Articles L. 324-8-1, L. 324-8-2, L. 324-8-3, L. 324-8-4, L. 324-8-5, L. 324-8-6, L. 331-8 and L. 331-31 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1518 of 24 November…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-16

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 et 40 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés s'exercent auprès de la direction…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article D512-6

…be assisted in their inspections by: 1° State civil servants and contractual agents governed by the décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales applicables aux agents contrac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter V: Overseas departments. Establishment and conservation of the land register

Article 1649 decies

…termining buildings, with a view to implementing the reform of land registration carried out by the décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 modifié et les textes pris pour son application.In the Department…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-5

…d by the legal entities under private law mentioned in 1° of II of Article 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy meeting the conditions and having obtained the aut…

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