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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-4

…ework of the provision of services, is established by the State pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 2014/67 EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the implementation of Dir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-5

…mpetent authority designated as the contact point, within the meaning of Article 79(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial inst…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31-2

…e department, shall be made via the Europol national unit referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services and property made available to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-43

…e date of entry into force of the transfers of competencies provided for by the loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse, dans les conditions prévues aux II…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19-1

…h a view to combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration, signed in Prüm on 27 May 2005; 2° By any act adopted pursuant to Title IV or VI of the Treaty on European Union and pursuing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-4

…of registered financial securities may instruct an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3 to maintain his securities account with an issuer or to administer the entries appearing in the shared…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial organisation (R).

Article R1611-10

…bursed or exchanged in accordance with the provisions of article R. 1611-7 and finally those that remain to be reimbursed or exchanged under the conditions set out in the following paragraph. The issu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R753-9

…column of the same table: " Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-4No. 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-5no. 2023-369 of 11 May 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-83-4

During meetings devoted to issues of health, safety and working conditions, the chairman of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee or, where applicable, of the specialised committee on health, sa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…ceeds of these taxes. I bis. - I is applicable to communities of communes which, before 31 December 2010, have opted, pursuant to the first sentence of the first paragraph of II in the wording in forc…

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