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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R784-7

…olumn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-30n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-30-1No. 2014-1357 of 13 November 2014R. 612-31n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-46

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the double voting rights provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 225-123 are de jure, unless a clause to the contrary…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-6

…same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L. 511-53 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 Febru…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-30

…ay not exceed that of the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 31 March 2021 in relation to the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 31 March of the years…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and certain States

Article 695-10

…States party to any convention containing stipulations similar to those of the Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…de la République du Bénin relative à la circulation et au séjour des personnes, signée à Cotonou le 21 décembre 1992, approuvée par la loi n° 94-535 du 28 juin 1994 and published by the décret n° 94-9…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-16

…f the Metropolitan Lyon Council who request them, under the conditions provided for in article L. 3121-18, as well as to any interested party, under the conditions set out in article L. 3121-17. Trans…

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

Article L4425-19

…count and exceeding the threshold provided for in the fourth paragraph of l'article 10 de la loi n° 2000-321 du 12 avril 2000 relative aux droits des citoyens dans leurs relations avec les administrat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-101-15

…al authority.They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Assembly of Martinique who so request, under the conditions laid down in article L. 4132-17, as well as to any i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-1

…que nationale de France's online public access service. A new list of unavailable books is added on 21 March each year, if that is a working day, or on the first working day thereafter. The list of un…

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