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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking

Article L421-13

…n improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories, the AMF may prohibit the use of a clearing house or a financial instrument settlement and delivery syste…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article L612-14

…rt of professionals from the banking and insurance sectors who are not members of the Authority.The AMF may consult the Financial Sector Consultative Committee.II. - A Conseil d'Etat decree sets the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-30

…sions handed down by the Enforcement Committee may be appealed by the persons sanctioned and by the AMF Chairman, with the agreement of the Board. In the event of an appeal by a sanctioned person, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15-2

…an end to the infringement. If, two months after this notification, the infringement persists, the AMF may initiate sanction proceedings against the institution in accordance with the procedures set…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Offences relating to investor protection

Article R465-2

When the AMF informs the Financial Public Prosecutor of its intention to issue a statement of objections pursuant to the first paragraph of III of Article L. 465-3-6, it shall send the Financial Publi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition and operation

Article D612-1

The vice-chairman of the AMF receives remuneration equivalent to that of a deputy governor of the Banque de France, as provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 142-19, as well as an expense a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article L532-3

The Cour nationale du droit d'asile may only annul a decision of the Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides and refer the examination of the asylum application back to it when it cons…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-27

The vocational diploma in youth, popular education and sport is prepared :1° Either through initial training, including apprenticeship ;2° Or through continuing education.In all cases, on entry to the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification committee reports and opinions

Article R211-5

The report of the classification committee to which the matter has been referred characterises the work or document and, in particular, indicates the sequences or images likely to give rise to particu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-9

The Competition Authority may, in the event of abuse of a dominant position or a state of economic dependence, enjoin, by reasoned decision, the undertaking or group of undertakings in question to ame…

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