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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-4

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this sub-section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union section representative

Article L2142-1-2

The provisions of articles L. 2143-1 and L. 2143-2 relating to the conditions of appointment of the trade union delegate, those of articles L. 2143-7 to L. 2143-10 and of the second and third paragrap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-12-2

I.-For the purposes mentioned in 9° of I of Article L. 821-1, the High Council shall, at their request, communicate the information or documents that it holds or that it collects to the authorities of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-2-1

…order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Budget. As an exception to articles L. 2224-1 and L. 2224-2, subsidies granted under the fund may be repaid, in whole or in part, to com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-7

…silence or explicit refusal on the part of the insurer or the liable person referred to in Article L. 1142-24-6 to make an offer or in the event of a manifestly inadequate offer, the Office shall be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-8

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on cr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-103-2

…'hôtel de la collectivité;2° Les dépenses relatives aux indemnités de fonction prévues aux articles L. 7227-17 to L. 7227-21 and the training costs for elected representatives mentioned in article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Modification of the initial conditions of membership and operation

Article L5212-29-1

…inter-communal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-45 and in compliance with the provisions of the second to fifth paragraphs of article L. 521…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-2

…esponsible for the safekeeping of the scheme's assets under the conditions defined in II of article L. 214-175-4 and ensures that the management company's decisions concerning the scheme are lawful. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-2

…to a contract with a private health establishment of collective interest mentioned in 2° of article L. 6161-5 and doctors employed full-time by these establishments, on the basis of which these doctor…

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