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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in article L. 5521-3, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 5125-23, articles L. 5125-24 to L. 5125-31 and 3° and 6° of article L. 5125-32 areapplicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Chairman

Article L4133-3

The functions of president of a regional council are incompatible with the exercise of one of the following elective functions: president of a departmental council, mayor, the president of the council…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-15

The board of directors, the management board or the manager of any company having subsidiaries or participating interests, shall include in the notes to the accounts of the company a table, with a vie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Director

Article D6143-34

All delegations must state : 1° The name and position of the officer to whom the delegation has been given; 2° The nature of the delegated acts; 3° Any conditions or reservations which the Director de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-C

…nd manage the risks to which they are or could be exposed, as defined in Article L. 511-41-1 B. The AMF also assesses the resulting level of capital.The AMF monitors the use by credit institutions and…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Attachment of successively enforceable claims

Article R211-17

The garnishee is informed by the creditor of the extinction of the garnishee's debt by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The attachment also ceases to have effect when the garnishee c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of staff representatives to the Board of Directors

Article A211-41

Full members of staff and contract staff with a contract of at least ten months as at the closing date of the ballot, working for the Ecole Nationale de Voile et des Sports Nautiques on the day of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-7

Deposits made by clients with investment services providers other than portfolio management companies, members of a clearing house or made by such members with a clearing house to cover or guarantee p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article R336-4

The company continuously monitors the transactions mentioned in articles R. 332-45 to R. 332-48. To this end, it keeps a daily record of positions taken for each category of underlying investment, mat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Funeral vehicles (R)

Article D2223-117

If it includes glazed sections, the burial compartment must include a visual obscuring process for the purposes of medium and long distance transport. The internal surface of the burial compartment mu…

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