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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 804

…ing from Law No. 2023-703 of 1 August 2023 relating to military programming for the years 2024 to 2030 and containing various provisions concerning defence, in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6413-4

Laws, ordinances and decrees enacted before the entry into force of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer dans…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article D1115-5

The provisions of Title II of decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 on the codification and amendment of texts relating to the economic and financial control of the State and, where applicable, those of dé…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2

The international police cooperation bodies placed within the National Directorate of Judicial Police are as follows:1° The National Central Bureau-France of the international criminal police organisa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Powers (R)

Article R1425-16

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 1424-36, the Commission shall have access to all the documents used for the financial assessment provided for in Chapter 1 of Decree n° 96-100…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Economic and social measures

Article R4253-4

…f 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 2001-495 du 6 juin 2001pris pour son application, are attached to the deliberations awarding thes…

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

Article L311-57

…al or legal persons, the collège de résolution and the collège de supervision may, for the performance of their prevention and resolution duties, exchange information covered by professional secrecy w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-4

…s party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and their local authorities; 2° The European Central Bank and the central banks of the States mentioned in 1° ; 3° International public bodies of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25

…submit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, on behalf of the subsidiary insurance or reinsurance undertaking with its head office in France referred to in Article R. 356-24, the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-4

…ble for supervision on a consolidated basis, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution receives an application for authorisation to use an internal risk assessment approach as referred to i…

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