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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article Annexe article A43-6

I.-TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO LEGAL MEDICAL ACTIVITIES NATURE OF PROCEDURE REFERENCE of key letter COEFFICIENT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION 1° Life science medicine a) For a judicial visit involving one or more…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3-5

Any natural person or legal entity intending to file a draft public offer with the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Chapter III of Title III of Book IV of the Legislative Part of this Code,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-3

For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and by way of derogation from Article R. 561-5-2, when the measures provided for in 1° to 3° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented: 1° The per…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-5

Where the persons referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 561-38-2 use an external service provider pursuant to Article R. 561-38-2, they shall ensure that their internal control system also…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R613-3-5

In the event of disagreement on the joint decision, duly notified, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the European Banking Authority, either on its own initiative or at…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Administrative composition

Article R621-37-5

The administrative composition procedure is definitively interrupted : 1° If the person to whom it has been proposed refuses or fails to make a decision within the time limit set in article R. 621-37-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Regional Councils

Article L4312-5-3

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the Antilles-Guyane order of nurses is responsible for nurses in French Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure

Article R5121-51-3

To obtain a marketing authorisation in France and in at least one other Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, for a medicinal product which is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55-3

I. - Casinos governed by articles L. 321-1 et seq. of the code de la sécurité intérieure, holding a récépissé de déclaration d'entrepreneur de spectacles vivants valant licence, may benefit from a tax…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

In the absence of a collective agreement or in the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the do…

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