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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L935-9

Article L. 525-18 is amended as follows: I.-In 1°, the reference to Decree no. 53-968 of 30 September 1953 is replaced by the reference to Decree no. 55-639 of 20 May 1955. II.-The 2° is worded as fol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7252-3

The Assembly of Martinique shall be consulted on proposals for European Union acts concerning the territorial collectivity by the Government. The second paragraph of Article L. 7252-2 is applicable.It…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L763-14

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L762-14

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Remuneration committees

Article L511-102

…the decisions that the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions takes concerning remuneration, in particular those that have an impact on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

One of the formations of the supervisory board or the resolution board shall examine the conclusions drawn by the departments of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in the course of i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-7

…n some of the communes of a syndicat de communes or a syndicat mixte form part of a communauté d'agglomération, by the creation of this communauté, by the merger of public establishments of inter-muni…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-42

A budget allocation to support local investment is instituted in favour of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status in metropolitan France and in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9

I. - Portfolio management companies are legal entities which manage one or more : 1° UCITS ; 2° FIA ; 3° UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the Europ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-3

I.-A fine of 100,000 euros shall be imposed on :1° Any direct or indirect propaganda or advertising of tobacco, a tobacco product or the ingredients defined in article L. 3512-1 in breach of the ban l…

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