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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the administration of the person subject to a resolution procedure

Article L613-51

…ment the measures referred to in this subsection in respect of a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 of the measures referred to in this sub-section, the resolution board may decide to exerci…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedures for the examination of asylum applications by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in the event of house arrest or detention

Article L753-5

…ministrative authority, and without prejudice to the cases provided for in c and d of 2° of Article L. 542-2, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall rule on the a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: While the State responsible for examining the asylum application is being determined and for the purposes of enforcing the transfer decision

Article L751-5

Foreign nationals placed under house arrest in application of article L. 751-2 must appear when summoned by the administrative authority, respond to requests for information and attend the interviews…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L762-5

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 424-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 424-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 424-3 O…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L763-5

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 424-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 424-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 424-3 O…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-5

…ation procedure is not applicable to persons exercising an agricultural activity defined in article L. 311-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime qui bénéficient de la procédure prévue aux articles L…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional nature parks.

Article L343-5

…Article L. 362-1 of the French Environment Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50

The authorisation referred to in I of Article L. 532-1 may be refused by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if the organisation and operation, as well as the internal control system,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IVa: Offences concerning European companies

Article L244-5

Articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-30 apply to European companies. The penalties provided for the chairman, directors, general managers, members of the management board or members of the supervisory board of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial assistance from local authorities and their groupings

Article L1522-5

The contribution to the members' current account referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 1522-4 is allocated within the framework of an express agreement between the shareholder local authori…

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