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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-6

The former specialised finance company that retains the assets whose disposal would not be in the best interests of investors pursuant to Article L. 214-190-2-1 and the new specialised finance company…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lien on claims arising from transactions

Article L513-11

Notwithstanding any legislative provisions to the contrary, and in particular those of Book VI of the French Commercial Code : 1. Sums arising from loans or similar claims, exposures, securities and d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-13

Independent of the leave of absence and time credit provided for in articles L. 7125-1 et L. 7125-2, councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana who are employees are entitled to training leave. This…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-34

In the cases mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 230-33, where the needs of the investigation or enquiry so require, the public prosecutor or investigating judge may, for the sole purpose of installing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1-1

…stration likely to hold information relevant to the investigation, including, subject to Article 60-1-2, those from a computer system or processing of nominative data, to hand over this information, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-2

I.-Health establishments providing the public hospital service and the health professionals working in them guarantee any person using their services:1° An appropriate level of care, particularly when…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article R631-4

…overnor of the Banque de France sends his proposals under 4°, 4° bis, 4° ter and 5° of Article L. 631-2-1 to the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, who places them on the agenda for the next m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-10

I.-Health professionals shall report without delay to the body responsible for toxicovigilance in their area any case of human intoxication that they observe and which presents one of the following se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-41

A respondent who wishes to challenge a member of the Committee must, on pain of inadmissibility, make the request: 1° In the case of the rapporteur, within fifteen clear days of notification of the de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

…relations with foreign countries; o) Tax fraud ; p) Any of the offences specified in articles L. 121-2 to L. 121-4, L. 121-8 to L. 121-10, L. 411-2, L. 413-1, L. 413-2, L. 413-4 to L. 413-9, L. 422-2…

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