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Showing 27112720 of 57820 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2016/1103 · Hague Convention of 14 March 1978

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Higher Council for Sexual Information, Birth Regulation and Family Education.

Article L2312-4

Detailed rules for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Higher Council for Sexual Information, Birth Regulation and Family Education.

Article L2312-1

…a part in this, in particular through the assistance it provides, while respecting the convictions of each individual, to associations and organisations that contribute to this mission of information…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Identification of financial conglomerates

Article L633-1

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers, in liaison, where appropriate, with the supervisory authorities of regulated entities in the Member States…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-8

I. - The operator of a trading venue shall implement quotation step regimes for shares, representative certificates, listed funds, preferential certificates and other similar financial instruments, as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-2

I. - Notifications of freedom to provide services sent by investment firms to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to Article L. 532-24 shall include the following information…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D420-6

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate the information referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 420-18 to the competent authority of the State concerned within one month, in ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

An investment holding company is a financial institution the subsidiaries of which are exclusively or mainly investment firms or financial institutions, at least one of which is an investment firm whi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information on share buy-backs

Article L451-3

…itted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 that wishes to buy back its own equity securities shall declare the transa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Nursery assistants

Article L4392-2

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of childcare assistant nationals of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Nursery assistants

Article L4392-5

When the authorisation to practise or declaration of provision of services is issued, the childcare assistant must have the language skills required to practise the profession and those relating to th…

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