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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment services providers

Article L775-23

…2-15 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 532-28 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 532-29 Act no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 532-30 to L. 532-32, I of L. 532-34, I of L. 532-36, L. 532-41 and L.…

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

Article L5842-2

…91 of 7 August 2015L. 5211-4-2law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-4-3 law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010II.-For the application of article L. 5211-3: For the application of article L. 5211…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R782-11

…17 of 3 March 2010R. 613-14n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 613-15n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 613-16no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-17n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-18, with the exceptio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R783-11

…17 of 3 March 2010R. 613-14n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 613-15n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 613-16no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-17n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-18, with the exceptio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-4

…e the right of access to data concerning him or her provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 with the Conseil national de l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-10

…titute an unfair term or practice within the meaning of the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 441-16 or Article L. 442-1. The duration of the acceptance or verification procedure may not have the ef…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-2

…ative fine may not exceed : 1° 500,000 euros for the offences mentioned in 1° bis, 3°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 18°, 19°, 20° and 23° of Article L. 6241-1; 2° Two million euros for the offences mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers

Article L433-1

I. - In order to ensure shareholder equality and market transparency, the General Regulation of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) sets the rules for public offers of financial instruments issu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-10

…of municipalities pursuant to section 3 of this chapter, as it stood prior to Act no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform, communes déléguées taking the name and territorial bound…

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