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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the setting up of a relay establishment

Article L613-53-1

…ution. It appoints or approves the appointment and reappointment of the persons referred to in Article L. 511-13 or Article L. 532-2(4), members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5-1

I. - Pharmaceutical establishments and establishments authorised in application of articles L. 4211-9-1 and L. 4211-9-2 may obtain tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body from a Member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-5

A tattooing product may only be placed on the market, whether free of charge or for a fee, if it meets the following conditions: 1° Its container and packaging must bear the name or company name and a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-5

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies that use algorithmic trading in a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area sha…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for publishing a book in digital form

Article L132-17-5

The publisher publishes a book in digital form under the conditions set out in the binding agreement referred to in article L. 132-17-8. Where the publisher has not done so, the assignment of the expl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-5-1

When committed as a repeat offender, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article 132-11 of the French Penal Code, or as part of a group, entering or attempting to enter by force or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50-1

…titutions participates with voting rights in the Supervisory Board of the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund, except when the latter takes decisions concerning the deposit guarantee or the investor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50-1

…ice of a member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent functions is terminated as a result of a decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification, publication and filing.

Article L2231-5-1

Branch, group, inter-company, company and establishment agreements are made public and included in a national database, the content of which is published online in an easily reusable open standard. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-5-1

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually…

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