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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L3121-19-1

The reports on each of the matters to be submitted to the Standing Committee shall be forwarded at least eight days before its meeting, in accordance with the conditions laid down in article L. 3121-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-12-1

…o the court any investigation or inspection reports in its possession, the production of which is relevant to the resolution of the dispute.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-10-1

When the persons and entities mentioned in II of Article L. 621-9 provide their services on the Internet, investigators and auditors may, in order to access the information and elements available on t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-4

The payment provided for in Article L. 6331-6 of the Labour Code is not due in the event of a fixed-term contract concluded in application of Article L. 222-2-3 of this Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6414-4

Within the framework of the legislative provisions relating to the postal service, the specific conditions under which this service is provided in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon shall be specified and, wher…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Offering of banking transactions to individuals resident in France by credit institutions having their registered office in a state that is on the list of states receiving official development assistance and that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L318-4

Each year, the credit institutions referred to in Article L. 318-1 provide the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution with a report on the transactions carried out under this chapter, in acc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Coordination of supervision of relations between regulated professions and their clients

Article L612-47

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers shall set up a joint centre responsible for 1° coordinating the proposals for supervisory priorities define…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection

Article L763-13

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
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection

Article L762-13

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

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L764-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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