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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Local investment support grant

Article L2334-42

A budget allocation to support local investment is instituted in favour of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status in metropolitan France and in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

I. - The regulations governing the fund set up to manage sums invested in application of Title III of Book III of Part III of the Labour Code relating to employee savings plans provide for the establi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L444-2

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable loc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-1

The purpose of retailer co-operatives is to improve, through the joint efforts of their members, the conditions under which their members carry out their commercial activities. To this end, they may i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

I.-The following offences are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° Any person prescribing veterinary medicinal products or medicated feedstuffs to animals for which the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

A departmental mobilisation fund for integration is established in the form of a levy on State revenue and benefits the departments, the territorial authority of Martinique, and the authorities of Sai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L785-3

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II and III, in the word…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L784-4

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II and III, in the wording indicated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L783-4

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II and III, in the wording indicated in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

I. - Without prejudice to Articles L. 511-41-3 and L. 612-30 to L. 612-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a credit institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finan…

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