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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-1

The Agence de la biomédecine is a public administrative establishment under the supervision of the Minister for Health.It is responsible for transplants, reproduction, embryology and human genetics. I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-6

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may withdraw the authorisation of an investment firm at the request of the firm. It may also be decided ex officio by the AMF in the following case…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-10

I.-The Autorité de la concurrence must be notified, for information purposes, at least four months before its implementation, of any agreement between undertakings or groups of natural or legal person…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-1

Fiscal revenue in the operating section comprises:a) Proceeds from taxes and duties whose basis of assessment is established and collection takes place in the forms provided for by the General Tax Cod…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

The classification of resorts that took place prior to the date of entry into force of this section, set by VII of Article 7 of Law no. 2006-437 of 14 April 2006 containing various provisions relating…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation

Article L425-1

An organised trading facility is a multilateral system that brings together, at the manager's discretion, multiple buying and selling interests expressed by third parties in order to conclude transact…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-14

The penalties provided for in Articles L. 654-3 to L. 654-5 the fact, for the persons mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 654-1, in bad faith, with a view to evading all or part of their assets from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-6

Metropolises, urban communities, conurbation communities and communities of communes are administered by a deliberative body composed of representatives of the member communes appointed under the cond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-7

The decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable as follows: 1° Decisions relating to the matters listed in 2°, 5°, 7° to 11° and 14° to 17° of article L. 6431-6 are enforceable by operation of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Defence or security contracts

Article L2515-1

Defence or security contracts are subject to the rules defined in Title II:1° Presenting the characteristics mentioned in 1° of article L. 2512-1, in article L. 2512-4 and in 1° to 3° of article L. 25…

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