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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution under the conditions defined in Article L. 561-36-1 ; 2° By the Autorité des marchés financiers in respect of the collective investment management…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L812-3

…e perpetrator of acts contrary to honour or probity which have given rise to a criminal conviction; 3° Have not been the perpetrator of acts of the same nature that have given rise to a disciplinary o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3

…inistry of Defence and distributed by the armed forces health service medical supply establishments;3° Or imported by the Ministry of Defence.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

…le: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511 10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

…t risk on a work site in the event of an accident on a neighbouring work site ; 2° Article R. 4462-13-Exclusion of non-pyrotechnic installations from the pyrotechnic enclosure; 3° Article R. 4462-17-P…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

…ds of these issues do not constitute funds repayable by the public within the meaning of Article L. 312-2 ; 2. Companies other than those mentioned in 1 and 1 bis, provided that they meet the conditio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-3

…practise the profession of optician who, without possessing the diploma provided for in Article L. 4362-2, hold :1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member States or Contracting…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Technical provisions for life assurance, marriage and natality insurance and capitalisation operations

Article R343-3

…are not payable immediately after the winding-up of the financial year in which they were generated;3° Capitalisation reserve: reserve intended to cover the depreciation of assets included in the comp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-36

…g and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 regularly assess the sensitivity of the prudential technical provisions and the group's own fu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article L2334-37

…es of the mayors of communes with a population not exceeding 20,000 in metropolitan departments and 35,000 in overseas departments;2° Representatives of the presidents of public establishments for int…

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