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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-2

Failure to inform the competent administrative authorities of actions taken in application of: 1° the first paragraph of article L. 423-3; 2° Paragraph 3 of Article 19 and paragraph 3 of Article 20 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

…rding breaches and infringements of the provisions of this Title and the texts adopted for its application, the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2681-1

…hments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL OF ENTRY UNDER THE ASILE ACT

Article L352-1

…esents himself at the border and applies for the right of asylum may only be taken in the following cases: 1° The examination of the asylum application falls within the competence of another State pur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-6-1

…hall alert as soon as possible the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and, where applicable, the relevant competent authorities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU)…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-1

…this amount, equal to €41,307,701,000, is reduced by €42,844,000 pursuant to II of Article 6 of Law no. 2008-1443 of 30 December 2008 on amending finances for 2008 and 1.2.4.2 and II du 6 de l'article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article R50-83

…atter to the multidisciplinary committee on security measures mentioned in Article R. 50-71 and the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court. Article R. 50-74 is applicable. The reasoned opinion mentioned in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2

…l authority designated by Article 40(5) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985.It is also the national authority responsible for verifying requests for access to the EUR…

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

Article L700-2

Chapter I of Title V of this Book also determines the rules applicable to the enforcement of transfer decisions taken pursuant to Article L. 572-1 or requests for taking charge or taking back pursuant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-1

…raph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.II. - Finance companies are legal entities, other than credit institutions, which carry…

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