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Showing 16111620 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-3

…omposition. In addition to the chairman, each specialised committee comprises at least five members.3° The period for which it authorises it to take the decisions mentioned in 1°.This decision is publ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9-3

…Articles L. 621-9 and L. 621-9-1, professional secrecy may not be invoked against the Autorité des marchés financiers or, where applicable, against the market undertakings or clearing houses, supervi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-35-4

The controller of connection data requests or, where applicable, his deputy, receive an allowance the amount of which is set by order of the ministers responsible for the economy, the budget and the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-35-1

…ection data or types of connection data requested for each person or in each case mentioned in 1° ; 3° The periods for which connection data is requested; 4° The factual and legal grounds for the requ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-35-2

Data transmitted by telecommunications operators is collected and stored until it is destroyed, in accordance with procedures designed to guarantee confidentiality.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article L621-30

Appeals against individual decisions of the Autorité des marchés financiers, other than those relating to the persons and entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9, including the penalties impose…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L642-3

…fails to comply with the temporary ban on professional activity ordered pursuant to article L. 621-13 shall be liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. Any person who fails to de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R632-3

Where the Autorité des marchés financiers is unable to provide an authority of another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area exercising similar pow…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-17 AND A. 723-23)

Article Annexe 7-3

ELECTION OF CONSULAR DELEGATESYou can consult the photos in the JO n° 244 of 20/10/2010 text number 8

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-38

When the Board decides to initiate sanction proceedings, the statement of objections is sent to the respondent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by hand delivery against a receipt…

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