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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-16

…rder relating to the enquiry prior to the declaration of public utility, referred to in article R. 112-12 of the code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-20

…c cell therapy preparations must comply with the rules of good practice provided for in Article L. 5121-5 and the requirements mentioned in the authorisation provided for in 12° and 13° of Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R6261-1

Decrees no. 72-279 and 72-283 of 12 April 1972 and the provisions of this book apply in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, insofar as they are not derogated from by the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-34

…e organisation of the detection of market abuse referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2

…particular, they shall provide for the terms of implementation of Articles 14a and 14b of Directive 2014/91/EU of the Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on the coordination of laws, regulat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-C

…ferred to in Article 84 of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 where the internal systems they implement for the purposes of assessing these risks are no…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3-1

…ng of I of Article L. 111-7, the persons mentioned in 1 of I of article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy or to those operating software enabling access to an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L773-22

…same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 522-1 and L. 522-2 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-3 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-4 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L774-22

…same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 522-1 and L. 522-2 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-3 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-4 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L775-16

…same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 522-1 and L. 522-2 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-3 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-4 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 J…

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