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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L744-5

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 213-5 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 213-6 law n° 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 213-6-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information for the administrative authority and local authorities

Article R1233-15-1

The administrative authority referred to in articles L. 1233-57-13 and L. 1233-57-21 is the Prefect of the département in which the establishment has its registered office. The information and reports…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Annual activity report for electricity concessions

Article D2224-35

…consistency of methods and independence of financial years defined in articles L. 123-17 and L. 123-21 of the French Commercial Code and ensures the comparability of data from one financial year to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Allocation de professionnalisation et de solidarité et allocation de fin de droits.

Article D5424-55

…in article L. 5424-20 or under the unemployment compensation scheme provided for in article L. 5424-21 as well as under the temporary specific fund and the transitional fund, under the conditions set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-9

…voices, advertisements and various publications, issued by a company referred to in Article R. 4381-21 must indicate :1° Its company name, immediately preceded or followed by, as appropriate :a) eithe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-34

…pharmacists carry out their activities under the conditions set out in articles L. 5125-20, L. 5125-21, L. 5126-14 and L. 5124-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-20

…100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-7 to L. 526-10 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 526-11 Act no. 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016 L. 526-12 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 526-13 to L. 526-14 law n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-2

…l be made under the conditions set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking transactions, payment services, issuance and management of electronic money

Article R754-1

…h 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20 July 2020R. 312-4-4n° 2018-229 of 30 March…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

…weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017; b) No later than 24 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year…

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