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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-41

…imand3° A ban on carrying out certain intermediation transactions and any other restrictions on the exercise of this activity;4° Temporary suspension of one or more directors of the intermediary organ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175

…ance with the procedures provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article 81, that they wish to exercise one or more of the rights provided for in IV and VI of this article. IV.If they have indica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-17

…cess to the collective guarantees mentioned in article L. 911-2 of the Social Security Code; 6° The exercise of employees' right to direct and collective expression as provided for in Chapter I of Tit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Eligibility.

Article L723-4

…the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector, or that they have exercised, for a cumulative total of five years, one of the capacities listed in the I of article L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776

…g for enlistment, as well as to the competent public authorities in the event of a dispute over the exercise of electoral rights or the existence of incapacity to hold an elective public office provid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-33-2

I. - Without prejudice to the supervision exercised by the competent authorities of the home State, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is responsible for monitoring compliance by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-33-3

I. - Without prejudice to the supervision exercised by the competent authorities of the home State, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is responsible for monitoring compliance by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12-1

…ons for occupational retirement provision and insurance or reinsurance undertakings, as part of the exercise of their supervisory function or the exercise of their functions in the case of compensatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6414-1

I. - The local authority exercises the powers devolved by the laws and regulations in force to the départements and regions, with the exception of those relating to:1° The construction and general and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article L2223-35

…five years, from holding a public office or engaging in the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed; 3° Posting or broadc…

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