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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article D762-12

…he words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article D764-12

…he words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…preventive measures pursuant to this chapter, except in the cases provided for in IV of Article L. 133-8, I of Article L. 133-10 and Article L. 133-21. The charges referred to in the aforementioned a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…r, on the date referred to in III of Article L. 211-17. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain asp…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties common to home loans and consumer credit

Article L354-3

…EY ARE WRITTEN L. 341-48 to L. 341-51 and L. 341-52 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L354-4

…THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 342-1 and L. 342-4 to L. 342-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other provisions

Article D4021-5

…22-5 of the Labour Code, L. 6156-2 and L. 6156-3 of the Public Health Code, Article 2 of Decree No. 2012-739 of 9 May 2012 on the Higher Council of the Hospital Civil Service, Article 5 of Decree No.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-5

The resources allocated to the Department of Mayotte, pursuant to IV of Article 12 of Ordinance no. 2012-576 of 26 April 2012 extending and adapting the construction and housing code and various laws…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-191

…jury for the technical test is the jury provided for inarticle 16 of the modifiedorder of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the national ski instructor diploma in alpine skiing. The…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

…TEN L. 623-1 to L. 623-9 and L. 623-11 to L. 623-32 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 623-10 Resulting from the loi n° 2016-1547 du 18 novembre 2016

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