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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-4

…nd Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, which are not wholesale energy products, within the meaning of Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-5

…annual turnover within the meaning of the last paragraph of III bis of article L. 621-15. The procedures set out in article 131-38 of the said code apply only to the fine expressed as an absolute val…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the event of recording using a secure electronic device

Article A37-27-3

…of the legislative and regulatory texts applicable to contraventions subject to the fixed fine procedure. The fronts of slips nos 2, 3, 4 and 5, which contain identical information by duplication effe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies F

…s that build or have built buildings intended to meet the obligations set out in the loi n° 96-1236 du 30 décembre 1996 sur l'air et l'utilisation rationnelle de l'énergie et par les chapitres Ier, II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies.

Article R5221-30-1

The bodies responsible for implementing the assessment procedures provided for in this Title shall be authorised for this purpose by a decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-1-3

…férence à l'agence de santé ;2° (Repealed) ;3° (Repealed) ;4° Pour l'application à Wallis et Futuna du deuxième alinéa de l'article L. 4141-4, les mots : "le conseil départemental de l'ordre des chiru…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article R41-3-1

…by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, which shall specify the time limits and procedures for objecting to the civil provisions of the order set out in article 495-3-1 and article R. 4…

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Article Annexe 7-3

…udicial court de CayenneCour d'appel de Fort-de-FranceMartiniqueFort-de-FranceFort-de-FranceRessort du tribunal judiciaire de Fort-de-FranceCour d'appel de Saint-Denis-de-la-RéunionMayotteMamoudzouMam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3-2

…ned in I of article L. 151-3, five million euros for legal entities and one million euros for individuals. The amount of the fine is proportionate to the seriousness of the breaches committed. The amo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-3

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require a Class 2 or Class 3 investment firm to take, at an early stage, any measures necessary to address any of the following issues: 1° T…

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