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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Relations between the Lyon metropolitan authority and the municipalities located on its territory

Article L3633-5

…ents referred to in the first paragraph are sent by electronic means by the Lyon Metropolitan Council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-18

In the councils of urban communities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, the operation of groups of community councillors may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to the comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-16

…Book I of Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicable to members of the community council subject…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-17

…te of community councillor are at most equal to 28% of the reference term mentioned in I of article L. 2123-20.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20

…bmissions and to develop them orally at the hearing, without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 466-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-19

…cial instruments and the public, the markets in financial instruments, units referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code, and assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1 of this Code, a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18

The AMF shall ensure that issuers referred to in Article L. 451-1-2 or issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-11

…nts and by the medico-social establishments and services mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 311-8 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles ;c) The role and method of designation of r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-24

…c money institution, payment institution or one of the persons mentioned in 2° of A of I of Article L. 612-2 has been struck off or banned from activity, as appropriate, or when a company is unlawfull…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article L214-190-1

I. - The assets referred to in II of article L. 214-168 are financial instruments, receivables or any other asset within the meaning of article L. 214-154, or risk or cash sub-participations. Direct o…

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