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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Statutory Auditor.

Article R144-8

The General Council of the Banque de France appoints the auditors on the recommendation of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank and after approval by the Council of the European Union. T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article D6313-2

…is applicable to Saint-Martin under the following conditions:1° For the application of Article R. 1211-8, the president of the territorial council of Saint-Martin is assimilated to the presidents of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-6

…tions shall apply as from the deadline set pursuant to 3° of II of Article 15 of Order 2020-1636 of 21 December 2020 on the resolution regime in the banking sector for compliance with the minimum capi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34

…lability of the voting system and the files provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 4031-21. It is competent to take any information and safeguard measures, including the temporary or defin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

…oyment contract of a domestic employee by a private individual;4° Redundancy covered by article L. 321-12 ;5° Resignation due to a change in the spouse's place of residence, resulting from a change in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…f the Minister responsible for communication. Notwithstanding the last paragraph of article L. 2232-21 and to Article L. 2232-22 of the French Labour Code, the Commission shall rule, instead of the jo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…ore the criminal court, of the date of the hearing. Completed plea bargains are entered in bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record. The provisions of this article do not apply to press offences, manslau…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-2

…plication of the legislative provisions of Book I to the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° In article L. 2112-4, the words: "of the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of the R…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-2

…French Southern and Antarctic Territories of the legislative provisions of Book I:1° In article L. 2112-4, the words: "of the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of the R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…ty companies or companies with equivalent status and equity securities in companies governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives;c) Bonds convertible or redeemable in…

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