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Showing 36713680 of 7327 articles for Art. 18 March 2020

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Specific supervision of investment firms

Article R613-37-1

…ting an on-site inspection of the French branch of an investment firm referred to in Article L. 532-18-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the competent authorities o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-17

…uadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit, under the conditions set out in articles R. 4433-18 to R. 4433-22, from the special contribution created within the general decentralisation grant fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-1

…The holder of the authorisation for surgical oncology of children and adolescents under the age of 18 with grade C has surgeons who hold a qualification in the speciality in which they operate or a s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-8

I. - The operator of a trading venue shall implement quotation step regimes for shares, representative certificates, listed funds, preferential certificates and other similar financial instruments, as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring compliance with trading platform rules and other obligations

Article L420-9

…ial instrument.II. - The manager of a trading platform shall immediately report to the Autorité des marchés financiers any significant breach of the rules of the platform, any trading condition likely…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-7

…t instrument that has been subject to a write-down. It may request the Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers to take any measure necessary to apply the above provisions. For the application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cooperation and exchange of information with European supervisory and resolution authorities

Article L632-6-1

…natural or legal persons, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with the European Securities and Markets Authority, established b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-11

A pharmaceutical establishment exporting a medicinal product must ask the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé to certify that it holds the authorisation referred to in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

…° The provisions of Articles 1r to 5c and paragraph 3 of Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of 25 August 2000, as amended, laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-9

The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° Failure by a marketing authorisation holder or a pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product to constitute the safety st…

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