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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-31-5

…ion 4 of this Chapter or the legislation of another Member State which pursues the same objectives; 5° Rights in financial instruments requiring registration in a register, account or centralised depo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-50-4

…ant to this sub-section or a crisis prevention or management measure referred to in Article L. 613-45-1, with regard to a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 or, the suspension of a payment or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5-1

…pter V of Title II of Book II of the Commercial Code. The fourth to tenth paragraphs of article L. 1524-5 of this code are applicable to representatives of local authorities and their groupings appoin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-5

…ing the assets of the UCITS, the counterparty is remitted to the UCITS within the usual time limits;5° Ensures that the proceeds of the UCITS are allocated in accordance with the legislative or regula…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

…uthorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the hours provided for in article 59, without the knowledge or consent of the owner or possessor of the vehicle or the occupier of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-5-1

Private practice in public hospitals pursuant to articles L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-7 of the Public Health Code is subject to the practitioner's adherence to the national agreement referred to in article L…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-3

I.-Text and data mining, within the meaning of 10° of Article L. 122-5, means the implementation of a technique for the automated analysis of texts and data in digital form in order to extract informa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-5-4

I.- The duties and contributions mentioned in article L. 621-5-3 are liquidated, authorised and recovered according to the procedures laid down for the revenues of the State's public administrative es…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-7

…ence referred to in Article 706-47 and for carrying out the procedures provided for in Articles 706-53-5 et 706-53-8 ;3° To prefects and State administrations, the list of which is determined by the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-58

…chase shares may only be granted to the persons referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-185 unless the company meets at least one of the following conditions in respect of the financial…

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