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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-36-1

The special statement for each arrondissement provided for in article L. 2511-37 an investment section for the investment expenditure referred to in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 2511-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-1

…tor General of the Agence de la biomédecine following a reasoned opinion from its Orientation Council.Where the policy council considers that the proposed modification is likely to constitute a new pr…

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

Article L783-2

…dicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-…

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

Article L784-2

…dicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511 10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 Feb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L753-6

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 313-7 with the exception of its 2 and 3 Law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-8 to L. 313-10 O…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-32

…electric facility, any new facility using other renewable energies defined in particular in article L. 211-2 of the Energy Code, any new facility for the energy recovery of household or similar waste…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-31

…association set up under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article L. 621-32: - publishers of press publications within the meaning of law no. 86-897 of 1 August 1986…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…e santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-8 , L. 5423-9, L. 5426-2 , L. 5438-1 , L. 5461-9 and L. 5462-8 , ex…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-1

…ess otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording resulting fromIn Title IL. 410-1L. 411-1 to L. 411-5L. 412-1 to L. 412-4L. 412-5 and L. 412-6La loi n° 2021-1109 du 24 août…

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