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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-26

The institutions referred to in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 are subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution under the conditions set out in Articles L. 613-32 t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment

Article L221-37

With regard to credit institutions, breaches of the provisions of Article L. 221-35 may also be recorded in the manner provided for in Article L. 221-36 by Banque de France inspectors specially author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3421-1

The provisions of article L. 2512-25 are applicable to the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article L4135-2

Insurance undertakings covering the civil liability risks referred to in Article L. 1142-2 in France shall transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution instituted under Article L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Transfers between insurance undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-2

Supplementary occupational pension funds may be authorised, under the conditions defined in Article L. 324-1, to transfer all or part of their portfolio of contracts to insurance companies and their b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article L1223-5

The applications for authorisation provided for in Article L. 1223-4 are made according to a timetable and during a period determined by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de séc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Representative offices of investment firms

Article L532-15

When the offices are opened by portfolio management companies, the notification provided for in Article L. 532-14 is sent to the Autorité des marchés financiers. The latter shall inform the Autorité d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Financial penalties imposed by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs

Article L5473-3

…ay not be the subject, for the same acts, of sanction proceedings initiated by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé on the basis of article L. 5471-1 and by the admi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-8-1

Where its decision necessarily implies that the local authority, public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or joint association concerned must take an enforcement measure, the Commission du…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-117

With the exception of the cases provided for in articles L. 214-66 and L. 214-76, a société civile de placement immobilier may only merge with another société civile de placement immobilier managing a…

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