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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Central depositories

Article L441-1

…settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories, and amending Directives 98/26/EC and 2014/65/EU and Regulation (EU) No 236/2012, are: 1° Central securities depositories author…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-6

…rt Four or Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirements set out in Articles 92a and 92b thereof; 2°a If…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…inancial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 March 1989 implementing Articles 26 and 34 to 42 of Law No. 88-1201 of 23 December 1988, as amended, and relating to debt securitisat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-14

…Articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7, L. 423-8, L. 423-13, L. 423-14, L. 423-15, L. 423-22, L. 425-1 or L. 426-5; 4° Carte de séjour temporaire portant la mention " vie privée et familiale " prévue à l'articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R444-3

…growth wage are replaced by references to the minimum wage; 6° In articles R. 421-1, R. 421-4, R. 426-16, R. 426-19 and R. 431-14, references to the provisions of the Labour Code are replaced by refe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8

…5211-28 apply to the inter-municipality grant of the Greater Paris metropolitan area. In 2016 and 2017, the fiscal integration coefficient of the Greater Paris metropolis is equal to the highest fis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-2

…rsons belong. The AMF shall refuse authorisation if the provisions of Articles L. 533-25 and L. 533-26 are not complied with or if there are objective and demonstrable reasons for considering that the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Regional Councils

Article L4312-5

…uncil of the order of any disciplinary sanction mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 4311-26, pronounced for professional misconduct against a nurse working in the public sector.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-24

…eil d'Etat. Where the creditor has been released from foreclosure in accordance with article L. 622-26, the time limits only run from the date of notification of this decision; they are then reduced b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

…arty liability ;23 Motor (damage) ;24 Personal property damage ;25 Damage to professional property ;26 Damage to agricultural property ;27 Natural disasters ;28 General civil liability ;29 Legal prote…

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