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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-2

I. - The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on sh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-117

The rates of the fees set above are established for one calendar year.The financial terms of the calculation of the ceiling of the fees defined in article R. 2333-114 change on 1st January of each yea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article D782-2

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article D783-2

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-10

The Regional Health Agency is responsible for the strategic planning, coordination, monitoring and analysis of the activities of approved centres. The tuberculosis centres approved under the condition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-14

The Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires draws up its budget. On 1 March each year, it draws up its balance sheet for the operations of the previous year. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-16

…the company marketing the medicinal product; 6° The follow-up report referred to in article R. 1161-25, in the event of an application for renewal of authorisation; 7° Authorisation from the Commissio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-20

…rticle R. 5211-19 for the communes, depending on whether the communes concerned represent less than 25%, between 25% and 40% or more than 40% of the population of all the communes in the department; c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

…aw no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 on the finances for 2005, in the article 59 of finance law no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003 for 2004 and in the article 51 of finance law no. 2008-1425 of 27 Dece…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-8

…30 bis of the Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraites and in Article 34 of Decree no. 2003-1306 of 26 December 2003 relating to the retirement scheme for civil servants affiliated to the…

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