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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-6

A central depository shall open accounts for issuers of financial securities admitted to its operations and for intermediaries referred to in Article L. 211-3 who thereby become members.For financial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-8

Members of the General Meeting are entitled to reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses in respect of their duties, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the internal regulations. The…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article L424-1

The terms and conditions under which, when a breach of food safety regulations is detected, the expenditure relating to additional controls, as defined in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-6

The Legal and Administrative Information Directorate is responsible for the centralised storage of regulated information, as provided for in Article 21 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-2

The affairs of the City of Paris are regulated by the Paris council and those of the communes of Marseille and Lyon by a municipal council. The affairs of these three territorial collectivities are re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-9

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 29(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-2-1

Failure by the importer or distributor of a device to immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-2-1

Failure by the importer or distributor of a device to immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L941-2-1

For its application in French Polynesia, Article L. 123-11-5 of the French Commercial Code is supplemented by a paragraph worded as follows: Customs officers are qualified to investigate and establish…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article D7121-39

The caisse de congés payés is approved by the Minister of Labour. The Minister approves its articles of association and regulations as well as any amendments made to them. They may only be amended wit…

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