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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XII: OTHER BODIES

Article L71-122-1

The mission of French Guiana's territorial health promotion centre is to ensure that reforms to the health and care system are geared towards the specific needs of the territorial collectivity.The ter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the UCITS, the portfolio management company and the depositary

Article L214-9-1

…body of the UCITS, of the depositary or of the management company means the body which: 1° Has the ultimate power of decision within the UCITS, the depositary or the management company; 2° Performs bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-9

I. - A société de libre partenariat may have one or more sub-funds if its articles so provide. Where one or more sub-funds are formed within a société de libre partenariat, they are individually subje…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-1

I. - Changes in the ownership structure of a portfolio management company must be notified to the Autorité des marchés financiers.The acquisition or extension of direct or indirect shareholdings in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-9-1

If there is no suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing, the persons who issue electronic money referred to in 1°, 1° ter and 1° quater of Article L. 561-2 are not subject to the due dilig…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-9-1

When the Secretary General of the AMF, or the Deputy Secretary General specially delegated for this purpose, decides to conduct investigations, he shall authorise the investigators in accordance with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-9

The Autorité des marchés financiers may make a public statement mentioning any person responsible for a breach of European regulations, laws, regulations or professional rules approved by the Autorité…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-2

I.-The rules of professional conduct applicable to members of the Agency's Boards and Committees, its employees, health reservists and persons who occasionally provide assistance to the Agency or its…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-2

I.-When a case is referred to the court in application of articles L. 3211-12 or L. 3211-12-1, the court, after hearing both parties, shall rule in public. He may decide that the hearings shall take p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-3

Drinking water and wastewater charges cover the costs arising from investments, operations and renewals required to provide the services, as well as charges and taxes of all kinds relating to their pe…

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