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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L764-4

…our, transport and agricultureL. 421-11 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 421-12 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 421-14 with the exception of IILaw no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 421-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L762-4

…our, transport and agricultureL. 421-11 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 421-12 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 421-14 with the exception of IILaw no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 421-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804

…in or geographical indication is exceeded ; - in Chapter IV of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-1

…French Commercial Code, and subject to the penalties provided for by articles L. 242-10 and L. 242-30 of said Code and, in the case of bonds, by articles L. 245-8 to L. 245-12 (1° to 5°) and L. 245-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: The office.

Article L5211-10

…hat resulting from the application of the second and third paragraphs, without being able to exceed 30% of its own workforce and the number of fifteen or, in the case of a metropolis, twenty. In this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-5-1

…hat they will enter into direct competition with the public health establishment in which they were mainly practising, the practitioners mentioned in article L. 6151-1, in 1° of article L. 6152-1 and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-42

…son in resolution, after noting the failure of the procedure mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 311-30 or 1°, to enter into a trust agreement with one or more trustee-beneficiaries designated by it. I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-9

From the time the matter is referred to the Regional Audit Chamber and until the procedure provided for in Article L. 1612-5 has been completed, the deliberative body may not take a decision on budget…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-179

…nths. However, authorisations granted prior to the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001 relative aux nouvelles régulations économiques are valid until their expiry date. In this c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Management mandates

Article L518-24-1

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, within the framework of the missions mentioned in Article L. 518-2, may, after authorisation from the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget and by wr…

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