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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-1

…cle 199-1 of Law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 relating to local freedoms and responsibilities. In 2017, this amount is also reduced by €32 million. This reduction relates to the compensation allowan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15-1

…omplex financial instruments defined in accordance with Article 57 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU as regards organisational requirements…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-2

…he nine financial years preceding it, without including the financial years closed before 1 January 2017;4° A clear and unambiguous explanation of whether, in the light of the conditions set out in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…roceedings. The chairman of the panel of the supervisory board or the resolution board, as the case may be, that has decided to initiate sanction proceedings notifies the persons concerned of the obje…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-2

…repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000;- Articles 26 and 27 of Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and coope…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-2

…r language customary in financial matters.The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 shall not apply, in connection with the use of a multilater…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

…54 and 55 of law no. 46-2389 of 28 October 1946, amended by articles 10 and 11 of law no. 56-589 of 18 June 1956 and article 1 of decree no. 73-974 of 12 October 1973, are drawn up in duplicate on pla…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-2

…re ; b) The sanctions provided for in 4 and 5 of article L. 613-21 or in 3° to 5° of article L. 310-18 of the Insurance Code; c) a personal bankruptcy order or other prohibition order under the condit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-14

…public interest groupings or any other bodies, whatever their legal nature, as well as agreements; 18° The procedures for implementing the rules of professional conduct applicable to the Agency's age…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R752-4

…014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-13 to R. 312-17n° 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-18, with the exception of b) and c) of its 1°.n° 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019R. 312-19, with the exc…

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