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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection

Article L762-13

…mn of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 465-1 and L. 465-2 Act 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 465-3 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 465-3-1 to L. 465-3-3 and L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L764-13

…of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 465-1 and L. 465-2 Act 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 465-3 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 465-3-1 to L. 465-3-3 and L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R1511-4-2

…n awarded or applied for under the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Eur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Budget (R)

Article R2221-90-1

…ising officer produces the statement of outstanding commitments for the investment section as at 31 December of the financial year ended.The authorising officer produces the statement of outstanding c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The officers of the fund and the assistance of the accountants of the Directorate-General of Public Finance

Article R518-24

…l service provider under the conditions set out in II of Article 201 of Finance Act 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 for 2019 and Decree 2019-1443 of 23 December 2019 relating to the performance by one o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Share capital.

Article R6223-64

Pursuant to III ofarticle 6 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected and to comp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-2

…st Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted in New York on 10 December 1984, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any perso…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-41

…sions of this sub-section govern companies formed pursuant to Title I of the Law n° 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 and whose corporate object is the joint practice of the profession of industrial prope…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Grants and subsidies

Article L2564-26

Until 31 December 2013, by way of derogation from Article L. 2334-29, the amount of the special allocation for housing teachers in Mayotte is calculated by multiplying the number of teachers concerned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Consultation of the Martinique Assembly by the Government

Article L7252-5

Before 31 December each year, the representative of the State in the territorial collectivity submits to the Assembly of Martinique, for its opinion, the general guidelines for the programming of Stat…

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