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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…MF establishes and applies limits on the size of a net position that a person may hold at any time: 1° In agricultural commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the Eu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-12

…rchés financiers shall not impose more restrictive limits than those provided for in Article L. 420-11, unless, exceptionally, such limits are objectively justified and proportionate having regard to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-14

…gement controls. These controls shall include, as a minimum, the power for the trading platform to: 1° to monitor the open positions of the persons concerned ; 2° to obtain information from such perso…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-13

…riting the reasons why it considers that the requirements referred to in I and II of Article L. 420-11 have not been met. The AMF may refer the disagreement to the European Securities and Markets Auth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article D115-1

…cally supervised home detention scheme. They do not, however, apply to imprisonment resulting from: 1° Withdrawal of a sentence reduction ordered pursuant to articles 721,721-2 and 723-35; 2° De la co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-133

…to nuclear activities subject to declaration, registration or authorisation pursuant to articles R. 1333-108, R. 1333-113 and R. 1333-118 respectively.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-2

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 312-1 Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

Metropolises' compulsory expenditure includes in particular: 1° Office and printing costs for the department of the metropolis and the costs of conserving the archives of the metropolis and the compen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Regional organisation of health monitoring

Article L1435-12

The regional health agencies are responsible, in liaison with the agencies mentioned in Articles L. 1313-1, L. 1413-1, L. 1418-1 and L. 5311-1, for the organisation and territorial coverage of health…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Shooting galleries for hunting weapons

Article A322-144

All necessary precautions are taken to guarantee the safety of local residents outside the establishments or installations and the protection of the public, shooters and personnel operating on the sta…

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