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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

…ion that the AMF is responsible for ensuring compliance with, or the approved codes of conduct applicable to its profession, has failed to submit to the AMF the requested recovery programme or the tra…

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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 L154-2

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° In Article L. 141-2, the words: "or transfer to the State responsible for examining their asylum application" are deleted; 3° Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article L1338-4

I.-Infringements of the regulations adopted in application of articles L. 1338-1 and L. 1338-2 are investigated and recorded by officers and agents of the judicial police in accordance with the Code o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-7

…ion necessary for the performance of its duties. II. -By way of derogation from I of Article L. 612-17 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may prov…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-3

…rehensible and apparent manner that the traveller : 1° Will not benefit from any of the rights applicable exclusively to tourist packages and that each service provider will only be responsible for th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2623-1

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article L. 2313-2, the words: "or a public body of the European Union" are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2313-3, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-8

Title IV of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of Articles L. 1242-3, L. 1243-1, L. 1243-2-1, L. 1243-5 to L. 1243-9, L. 1244-1-1, L. 1244-1-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-1

…epresenting more than one twentieth, one tenth, one fifth, one third, one half or two thirds of the capital or voting rights at general meetings of that company or the acquisition of control of such a…

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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 L613-21-6-1

…utorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution with a view to reaching a joint decision on an application for approval or exemption from approval of a financial holding company or a mixed financial h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-7

Without prejudice to Articles L. 142-9, L. 312-14, L. 322-2, L. 612-17, L. 613-34-4 and L. 632-1 A, the following persons are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the pena…

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