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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L785-2

I.-The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediaries and persons authorised to administer or hold financial instruments

Article L542-1

Only the following may carry on the business of custody account-keeping for financial instruments 1° Legal entities in respect of the financial instruments they issue by public offer, with the excepti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Opposition to cold calling

Article L242-16

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 223-1 to L. 223-5 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €75,000 for a natural person and up to €375,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-2

An association of users of the healthcare system approved pursuant to article L. 1114-1 may take legal action to obtain compensation for individual losses suffered by users of the healthcare system wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-17

The conditions for the application of this section are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular: 1° The buildings and products and materials concerned; 2° The procedures for carry…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L454-6

The offences provided for in articles L. 441-2, L. 441-3and L. 441-4 are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-13

Officers are empowered to investigate and record breaches of the following provisions: 1° Du Title IV of Book VI of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and the texts adopted for its application; 2° Ch…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of approval and deregistration

Article L532-11

Any portfolio management company which has decided to dissolve early before the end of this period remains subject, until the end of its liquidation, to the supervision of the Autorité des marchés fin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-19

In order to be extended, the branch agreement or the professional or interprofessional agreement, their riders or annexes, must have been negotiated and concluded within the joint committee mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-11

The reserve price is the minimum price agreed with the seller below which the property may not be sold. If the property has been estimated, this price may not be set higher than the lowest estimate ap…

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