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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L775-6

…could be increased."; 2° In Article L. 511-84-1, the references to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 604/2014 of 4 March 2014 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L784-14

…anque de France, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer and the Autorité des marchés financiers from a European supervisory authority or a third country may not be disclosed without the express agreement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L783-14

…anque de France, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer and the Autorité des marchés financiers from a European supervisory authority or a third country may not be disclosed without the express agreement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L785-13

…anque de France, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer and the Autorité des marchés financiers from a European supervisory authority or a third country may not be disclosed without the express agreement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Resolution measures

Article R613-73-1

…1° Making a distribution in relation to the original own funds defined in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 ; 2° Create an obligat…

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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

From 2004, public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation 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 t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article L222-16-1

Direct or indirect advertising sent by electronic means to clients who are likely to be non-professional, in particular potential clients, relating to the provision of investment services concerning f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A SINGLE OPERATION

Article L1541-1

…ny and the territorial authority or grouping of territorial authorities, of an administrative emphyteutic lease necessary to achieve its purpose.A semi-public company, formed on the basis of Article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

…exclusively of joint stock companies meeting the conditions laid down in 2; 6. Institutions of the European Union and international organisations; 7. The Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (S…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-3

…the human body carried out on the same site as activities of the same nature carried out for therapeutic purposes. In this case, the suspension or prohibition of the exercise of the declared activiti…

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