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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L754-14

…n of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-14

The provisions of 2° and 3° of III of Article L. 622-17, those of Chapters IV, with the exception of those of Article L. 624-17, and V of Title II of this Book relating to the determination of the deb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-1-1

The diagnosis provided for in article L. 1334-1 and the report provided for in article L. 511-14 of the French Construction and Housing Code are carried out by operators who meet the conditions set ou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National agricultural risk management fund

Article L431-11-1

The Caisse Centrale de Réassurance may contribute to the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public policy on the management of climate risks in agriculture and the development o…

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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 L621-17-5

It is punishable by the penalties laid down in Article 226-13 of the Criminal Code for the directors or officers of the persons mentioned in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European P…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article L551-1

…person who collects funds for this purpose; 3° Any person responsible for managing the said assets. II. - Any person who offers one or more clients or potential clients the opportunity to acquire righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article L351-1

…to comply with any of the obligations mentioned in the first, second, third and last paragraphs of II of article L. 312-1-1 and, where the customer is an individual acting for non-business purposes,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L515-1

In addition to the operations referred to in II of Article L. 511-1, finance companies may carry out any of the following operations:-provide payment services, subject to having obtained the authorisa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L23-11-4

…d pay them into the beneficiaries' company savings plan under the conditions set out in the article L. 3332-11 du code du travail. It deducts from this amount the sums needed to pay the resulting tax…

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