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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-5

…mpetent authority designated as the contact point, within the meaning of Article 79(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial inst…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-11

…ch the clause ends. Clauses in agreements entered into before the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001 relative aux nouvelles régulations économiques which have not been transmitt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Public transport of regional interest

Article R1614-110

…f these services or having been made available to these services, was actually used during the year 2000 for the needs of these services, shall be deemed to be assigned to the services transferred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article R612-7-2

I. - Pursuant to IV of Article L. 612-8-1, the resolution board may, when initiating resolution proceedings, delegate to its chairman the power to take individual decisions in connection with such pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-10

…f the agency; 7° Staff numbers and recruitment conditions, in compliance with the provisions of Law no. 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique terri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions

Article R4451-51

A joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture shall specify: 1° The work equipment or categories of work equipment and the type of sealed radioactive sources for which the empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-34

The employer shall draw up a safety file and keep it constantly up to date, adding to it on the basis of lessons learned from pyrotechnic events and any observations or information that may be relevan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-90

Veterinary pharmacovigilance includes : 1° The reporting of adverse reactions to veterinary medicinal products and medicinal products for human use administered under the conditions provided for in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…ent on the European Economic Area. Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, credit institution authorisation is granted by the European Central Bank, o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability on an individual basis

Article L613-42

…concerned meets neither the requirements set out in Articles 92a and 494 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 nor the requirement set out in Article L. 613-44. In the two cases mentioned above, the person…

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