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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article R743-7

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 213-15n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007R. 213-16n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 213-16-1n° 2017-1165 of 12 July…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article R744-7

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 213-15n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007R. 213-16n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 213-16-1n° 2017-1165 of 12 July…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-9

…7° and 20° of I of article R. 6123-8. The Chief Executive Officer reports on the decisions he has taken by virtue of this delegation at the next meeting of the Board of Directors.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…L. 513-11 and to raise other resources, for which the contract or the document intended for public information provided for in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 or any equivalent document r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

I.-Until 1 January 2020, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 shall transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L72-103-2

Sont obligatoires pour la collectivité territoriale:1° Les dépenses relatives au fonctionnement des organes délibérants et à l'entretien de l'hôtel de la collectivité;2° Les dépenses relatives aux ind…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-18

Persons registered on the lists of sworn brokers mentioned in article L. 131-12 may, in the activities reserved for these brokers, refer to their status as "courtier de marchandises assermenté près la…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-10

Any breach of the information obligations set out in articles L. 221-5, L. 221-6, L. 221-8, L. 221-11, L. 221-12 to L. 221-14 is liable to an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Control.

Article L1271-16

Information relating to the persons mentioned in 1° and 3° of the A of article L. 1271-1 paid by pre-financed universal service vouchers under the conditions defined in article L. 1271-12 is communica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-32

…State in the département may, where necessary, order measurements of electromagnetic fields to check compliance with the limit values set, pursuant to 12° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Elec…

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