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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-20

…In application ofArticle L. 612-21, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution draws up and updates, in the form of an electronic register, the lists of the following persons: 1° The perso…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article D753-2

…ubject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking transactions, payment services, issuance and management of electronic money

Article D754-2

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article D752-2

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application.

Article R5132-1

…ion apply to the medicinal products mentioned in Article L. 5111-1, where these medicinal products :1° Are classified, by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formal notice prior to the official report.

Article L4721-5

…ent danger to the physical integrity of workers. The report shall specify the factual circumstances and the legal provisions applicable to the case. These provisions do not prevent the use of the summ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing obligation for employers with fewer than eleven employees

Article L6331-2

The contribution referred to in Article L. 6331-1 is dedicated to financing :1° Work-linked training ;2° Professional development advice for employees in the private sector;3° Skills development for e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3121-10

…ticle L. 3121-21 is granted by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. It may only be granted in the event of exceptional circumstances leading temporarily…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-19

…tent authority of the home country of an investment services provider with branches located in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin may, as part…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

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