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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L784-4

…o. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 613-24 Order no. 2014-1332 of 6 November 2014 L. 613-25 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 613-26 Order no. 2020-1636 of 21 December 2020 L. 613-27 Ordinance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L783-4

…o. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 613-24 Order no. 2014-1332 of 6 November 2014 L. 613-25 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 613-26 Order no. 2020-1636 of 21 December 2020 L. 613-27 Ordinance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health.

Article L2421-1

…Book I of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna:1° Title II, with the exception of article L. 2122-4 ; 2° Title III, with the exception of article L. 2132-3; Articles L. 2131-1, L. 2131-1-1, L. 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-4

…ance Mobilités within the limits:1° Of 2.95% in Paris and the Hauts-de-Seine department;1° bis Of 2.12% for 2017, 2.33% for 2018, 2.54% for 2019, 2.74% for 2020 and 2.95% from 1 January 2021 in the co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to decisions taken by professional leagues

Article R132-18

Pursuant to II of article 21 of the law of 12 April 2000 and by way of exception to the application of the two-month period provided for in the first paragraph of I of this article, the period on expi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Harassment.

Article L1152-2

…good faith, reported or witnessed such acts may be subject to the measures mentioned in Article L. 1121-2. The persons mentioned in the first paragraph of this article benefit from the protections pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-61

…may not be entrusted with duties that may expose them to the penalties provided for in articles 432-12 and 432-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Authorised buyers

Article L2211-1

…ral public administrations, the list of which is established by the order mentioned in I of Article 12 of the law of 28 December 2010 on public finance programming for the years 2011 to 2014, as well…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Temporary installations

Article R312-18

…fety and accessibility advisory committee will carry out the site visit provided for in article L. 312-12. The owner and operator of the enclosure, as well as the organiser of the event, are required…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-6

…eparate application. The latter shall be processed in accordance with paragraphs 4 to 11 of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 as specified in Article L. 547-1.

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