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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article D775-16

…able articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 526-2n° 2013-372 of 2 May 2013D. 526-3No. 2019-191 of 14 March 2019D. 526-5n° 2019-191 of 14 March 2019

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article L641-3

…ubject to a ban from French territory that became definitive before the entry into force of Act no. 2003-1119 of 26 November 2003 relating to immigration control, the residence of foreign nationals in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L764-11

…inance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 452-2, with the exception of its 3rd paragraph Law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 452-3 and L. 452-4Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 II.-For the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L763-11

…inance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 452-2, with the exception of its 3rd paragraph Law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 452-3 and L. 452-4Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 II.-For the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L762-11

…inance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 452-2, with the exception of its 3rd paragraph Law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 452-3 and L. 452-4Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 II.-For the…

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

Article L783-7

…licable In the wording resulting from L. 621-1 with the exception of its second paragraph Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-3 Act no . 2019-486 of 22…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R784-8

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 tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-1

…ation with their own tax status receive a compensation grant equal to the amounts due in respect of 2003 pursuant to I of D of article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998)…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…lowance, the amount of which is equal in 2004, for each department, to the amount due in respect of 2003 pursuant to article L. 3334-7-1 as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment.

Article R5522-56

Half the amount of the bonus is paid as soon as the new job is filled on a full-time basis. The balance is paid by 31 March of the following year at the latest, after verification of the average numbe…

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