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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-26

The institutions referred to in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 are subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution under the conditions set out in Articles L. 613-32 t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-8

Failure by any manager of a payment institution to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR), obstructing the ACPR in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-18

Failure by the directors of an electronic money institution to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, obstructing it in an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-8

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 761-5 and L. 761-7 as well as the provisions adopted in application of these articles shall be recorded and prosecuted under the conditions laid down by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions

Article D5134-11

For each post, the agreements signed with the private not-for-profit organisations may be amended to provide for the payment of part of the initial aid and the granting of a consolidation bonus of up…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Professional qualifications, procedures and quality system

Article R1333-70

…includes :1° A statement of quality controls for medical devices as provided for in Article R. 5212-25 ; 2° A report on the recording and analysis of events that may lead to accidental or unintentiona…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-2

…capita financial potential, calculated under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2334-4, was 25% lower in 2008 than the average per capita financial potential at regional level for communes wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

…uires assignment to the first group defined in 1° of II of Article R. 4451-99; 24° Carbon sulphide; 25° Tetrachloroethane; 26° Tetrachloromethane (or carbon tetrachloride); 27° Disinsectisation work o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

…n the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, with the consent of the deliberative body of the establishment. In the absence of an agreement…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-2

…opean Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2017 ;e) The existence, where applicable, of a suspensive clause in the contract…

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