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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-104-8

All mandates must be accompanied by documents relating to the method of payment of expenditure under the conditions set out in the decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article R54-10-4

The period of time after which the AMF's silence on registration applications submitted pursuant to Article L. 54-10-3 shall be deemed to constitute a decision of acceptance is six months from the dat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-9

The person responsible for placing a tattoo product on the market is required, in the event of serious doubt as to the harmlessness of one or more substances, to provide the Director General of the Ag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-11

For companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the report mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 225-37 state and, where applicable, explain the following items w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-4

Any person who has not been registered with the Autorité des marchés financiers may not provide the services referred to in 1° to 4° of Article L. 54-10-2. Any person who is not registered as a provid…

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

Article L613-21-5

…cree in the Conseil d'Etat, refer to the European Banking Authority any decision, taken on an individual or sub-consolidated basis by another competent authority within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40)…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-10-3

At the request of one of the parties to the approved agreement, the president of the court, if he finds that the undertakings resulting from the agreement have not been performed, shall order the agre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D54-10-9

…rs requests the opinion of the Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information, the procedure laid down in Article D. 54-10-7 applies. The response period is one month from the date of refe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R249-5

Where the public prosecution has been initiated by the civil party, the investigating or trial court may only award compensation against the latter on the application of the public prosecutor and by a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R5211-52

The administrative court or the Conseil d'Etat may, if they grant the authorisation, make its effect subject to the prior deposit of the costs of the proceedings. In this case, they shall set the sum…

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