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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Cooperation and exchanges of information between authorities

Article L631-1

I. - The Banque de France, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-1

…e to prescribe certain vaccines, the list of which is set by an order of the Minister for Health issued after consultation with the High Authority for Health and the National Agency for the Safety of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater D

…products from the holding; 4° In leisure riding centres, the surface areas of buildings used for equestrian activities; 5° Constructions and developments carried out within the perimeters of operatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-1

…orities concerned, and where the application of the provisions set out in I would be inappropriate due to the relative importance of the activities of the credit institutions and investment firms in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…vider.II. - The amount of charges arising from a payment incident other than the rejection of a cheque is capped in accordance with conditions laid down by decree, depending on the nature and amount o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

I. - Once the order has been executed, the buyer and seller of the financial instruments referred to in I of Article L. 211-1 are definitively committed, the former to pay and the latter to deliver, o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L312-4

…ided for in Articles L. 322-1 and L. 322-5.IIa - With the exception of funds derived from gifts, bequests or donations, the liquid assets of the Fonds de Garantie des Dépôts et de Résolution are depos…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-3

…g of a collaboration platform when the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority so requests, without prejudice to Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…ndar days prior to the announcement of an interim financial report or a year-end report that the issuer is required to make public; 2° By members of the board of directors or supervisory board, by mem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-13

…be applied to all trading in these derivatives is set by the competent authority of the trading venue with the largest volume of trading, known as the central competent authority. Where the Autorité…

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