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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cooperation and exchange of information with European supervisory and resolution authorities

Article L632-6-1

…documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with the European Securitie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-16

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre, as well as the conditions for granting, modifying and withdrawing the approval…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L3216-1

…Chapters II to IV of this Title may only be challenged before a court of law. The juge des libertés et de la détention shall hear the challenges referred to in the first paragraph of this article in t…

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

Article L821-14

…eals, Minister of Justice, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes, shall adopt the standards…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-12

I.-When, at the end of the assessment provided for in Article L. 311-11, the resolution college finds that there are significant obstacles to a person mentioned in Article L. 311-5 being subject eithe…

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

Article L239-1

…hin the meaning of the provisions of Article 1709 of the Civil Code, for the benefit of an individual. Share leases may only relate to registered securities that cannot be traded on a regulated market…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1

…of this Code are applicable in New Caledonia with the exception of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 335-4 and Articles L. 133-1 to L. 133-4, L. 421-1 à L. 423-2. Articles L. 133-1 to L. 133-4, L. 4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L811-10

…of that of lawyer. It is, moreover, incompatible with: 1° All activities of a commercial nature, whether exercised directly or through an intermediary ; 2° Being a partner in a société en nom collect…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L425-1

I.-The provisions of article L. 333-9 are applicable in New Caledonia. II-The athlete designated in articles L. 425-1-1 and L. 425-1-2 as well as articles L. 425-9-1 to L. 425-9-3 is that defined in 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Guarantees for mayors, general councillors and regional councillors attending the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors

Article L5914-1

When the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors meets, articles L. 3123-1 to L. 3123-6 , L. 4135-1 to L. 4135-6 and L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-8 apply respectively to gener…

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