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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Central body for savings banks and banques populaires

Article L512-106

…are controlled, directly or indirectly, exclusively or jointly within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, by the central body of the savings banks and the banques populaires or by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-48

…bition extends to companies that control it or that it controls within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code. An identical sanction applies to the offeror, a natural person, who fails…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-17

…with regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 and Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of 16 December 2008, toxicological data and the health effects of the product, the reason for the use o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-64

…suant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L765-1

…sions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-1

…ovisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15-2

…and offering the operations mentioned in Articles L. 3334-1 to L. 3334-9 and L. 3334-11 to L. 3334-16 of the Labour Code has breached one of the provisions mentioned in the second paragraph of Articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

…The right to object does not apply to this processing pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L764-11

…e same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 452-1 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 452-2, with the exception of its 3rd paragraph Law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L763-11

…e same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 452-1 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 452-2, with the exception of its 3rd paragraph Law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2…

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