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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-12

Failure by the directors of a payment institution to publish the annual accounts in accordance with the conditions set out in IV of article L. 522-19 is punishable by a fine of €15,000.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-39-2

In the event of the attachment of a commune to a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status under the conditions provided for in article L. 5210-1-2, the creation of s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-1

The provisions of Title I of Book II of this part are applicable to the communes of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, with the exception of those of articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-2, L…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Administrative police measures

Article L532-3

Failure to carry out measures ordered pursuant to articles L. 521-4 to L. 521-16 and L. 521-19 to L. 521-22 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. The fine may be increased to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-25

The following are determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The composition and operation of the commission mentioned in article L. 4393-21 and the conditions under which the person concerned is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-2

Except in cases where the user is a natural person acting for non-business purposes, the provisions of article L. 133-1-1, the last two paragraphs of article L. 133-7, articles L. 133-8, L. 133-19, L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-20

As group supervisor, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall supervise the systems, procedures and internal assessment of the group's risks and solvency referred to in Articles L. 3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, the employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, shall inform the administrative authorities before making any redundancies for ec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L651-1

For the application of articles L. 614-1 à L. 614-4 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 20…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: MUNICIPALITIES IN OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L2561-1

The provisions of Chapters III and IV of Title I of Book I of this Part and those of Article L. 2123-21 are not applicable to the communes of the departments of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réun…

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