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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

…in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) N…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-12

For each piece of research mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 1121-1, the dossier submitted to the Committee for the Protection of Individuals and, where applicable, to the competent authority, shall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or lega…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interest rates

Article D313-1-A

…article L. 313-2, the legal interest rate applicable for a given half-year is calculated as follows:1° For claims by natural persons not acting for business purposes, the legal interest rate is equal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-10-1

…113-10 is subject to the provisions of Chapter II of Law No. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law, subject to the following provisions: 1° The chairman of the board…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article D784-17

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Chairman

Article L3122-2

…he duties of Chairman shall be temporarily performed by a Vice-Chairman in the order of appointment and, failing that, by a departmental councillor appointed by the Council. The standing committee sha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions

Article D1251-2

The exemption provided for in 2° of Article L. 1251-10 is granted by the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R121-7

…awyer is not compulsory, the parties shall defend themselves.They may be assisted or represented by:1° A lawyer;2° Their spouse;3° Their partner or the person with whom they have entered into a civil…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-9-2

…the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the Autorité des marchés financiers may : 1° Delegate to market undertakings and, where applicable, to clearing houses the supervision of the…

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