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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-22

…following receipt of all the information referred to in I, and subject to the provisions of Article L. 526-23, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall communicate its decision to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-23

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, in particular on the basis of the information, concerns or adverse assessment, if any, communicated by the host State authorities, refuse to a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-21

In this subsection and for the application of the provisions relating to freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services :1° "Competent authorities" means the authority or authorities of anot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-24

…ed establishment of a branch or use of a person for the distribution, within the meaning of Article L. 525-8, of electronic money.III. - In order to supervise the electronic money institutions referre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-27

…period, as well as equivalent compensatory rest in time.The order issued in application of article L. 3132-26 determines the conditions under which this rest is granted, either collectively or by rot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26

…d for each retail establishment by decision of the mayor taken after consulting the municipal council. The number of such Sundays may not exceed twelve per calendar year. The list of Sundays is drawn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

…e following:1° Cash on an ancillary basis ;2° Financial contracts referred to in 5° of I of Article L. 214-20, which may be used solely for hedging purposes;3° The movable and immovable property neces…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The obligation to insure. The Central Rates Office.

Article L252-2

…ite the risk for which the premium has been set by the central pricing office instituted by Article L. 252-1 is deemed no longer to be operating in accordance with the regulations in force. Depending…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-2

…the interim relief judge.To carry out the medical examination of the victim referred to in article L. 126-1, the guarantee fund chooses a doctor specialising in the assessment of bodily injury from t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Provisions applicable to the communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L2571-2

The articles L. 2113-1 to L. 2113-22 and the articles L. 2224-12-3-1, L. 2224-12-4 and L. 2224-12-5 as well as the third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 2143-3 are not applicable to…

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