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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L114-16

…h January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil service and law no. 84-53 of 26th January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the territorial civil service, State or re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-56

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act No. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities.

Article L5211-45

…212-29, L. 5212-29-1 and L. 5212-30, from a community of communes in application of article L. 5214-26, or an agglomeration community in application of article L. 5216-11 is made up of half of the mem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-3

…of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 19…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L764-10

…of 3 December 2015 L. 451-1-2 Law no. 2014-1662 of 30 December 2014 L. 451-1-3 law no. 2005-842 of 26 July 2005 L. 451-1-4 law no. 2014-1662 of 30 December 2014 L. 451-1-6 Act no . 2020-1508 of 3 Dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other powers

Article L785-9

…42 of 16 September 2020 L. 621-18-4 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-18-6 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 621-18-8 with the exception of its second paragraph Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 20…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L8224-3

…ender; 5° A ban on civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions of Article 131-26 of the Criminal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

…2-1, the references to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

…nte-à-Pitre ;24° Centre hospitalier régional de Poitiers ;25° Centre hospitalier régional de Reims ;26° Centre hospitalier régional de Rennes ;27° Centre hospitalier régional de La Réunion ;28° Centre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

…dicial police officers [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023]. In the event of any difficulty encountered in the performance of th…

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