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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-1

…ht-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 311-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 311-2Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-2

…pean Central Bank as a credit institution within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for cr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.

Article R814-29

…The special accounts of each judicial administrator and each judicial representative, closed on 30 June and 31 December, are audited by a statutory auditor. The judicial representative shall notify t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-146

…With regard to the endorsement of enforceable copies to order mentioned in the Law no. 76-519 of 15 June 1976 relating to certain forms of transmission of claims, without negotiation, of a fixed fee o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-5

…lication for approval, accompanied by the information and documents listed in Annex I to Decree No. 2016-1139 of 22 August 2016, shall be sent by the head of the laboratory to the public establishment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the business start-up or takeover support programme

Article R5141-30

…an acknowledgement of receipt containing the information required by the aforementioned decree of 6 June 2001. The approved operator may refuse to accompany a person : 1° Either because the applicant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-4

…does not take part in a deliberation or who abstains from sitting pursuant to article 12 of law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and indep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-1

…5146-2 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018.II.-For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-18

…rder to enable the public accountant to issue a collection notice in accordance with Article L. 612-20, VIII, the Banque de France, after receiving the assent of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

…or in II. II. - For the application in Mayotte of the provisions mentioned in I: 1° Article R. 5211-20 reads as follows: "Art. R. 5211-20.-The five most populous communes have half of the number of se…

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