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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses

Article L464-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 226-14 of the French Criminal Code, any manager, employee or agent of a clearing house is liable to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the French Crim…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Exemption from producing the reception certificate referred to in article L. 313-2

Article R313-15

Other than foreign nationals belonging to one of the categories referred to in article R. 313-14, foreign nationals falling within the cases defined in article L. 313-8 may be exempted from presenting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: French overseas departments note-issuing bank (IEDOM)

Article R721-5

…Article R. 721-11, for the sole purpose of carrying out the tasks assigned to it by Articles L. 721-14, R. 721-4, R. 721-8 and R. 721-9.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning the Banque de France

Article L164-1

…to any member of the General Council who violates the professional secrecy instituted by article L. 142-3, subject to the exceptions provided for in article 226-14 of the French Penal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-19

…lf of the institution, subject to the powers conferred on the Board of Directors by article R. 1313-14 and within the limits set by the Board of Directors.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Relay doctors

Article R3413-9

…ital practitioner are in the context of the missions defined in 5° of article R. 6152-24 or article 14 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13th December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff in hospital…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-1

Independently of the application of the provisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Water and sanitation

Article R2564-22

The requirements of article R. 2224-14 must be met, in Mayotte, by 31 December 2020 at the latest for wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-10

The recruitment of a person mentioned in article L. 5132-14-1 on an open-ended contract is declared by electronic means, using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. Where applicable, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R332

Article R. 147-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 147-1.-The rate for custody costs incurred by the immobilisation of a vehicle decided pursuant to Articles 131-6 (5°) and 131-14 (2°) of the Penal Code…

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