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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-10

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority, within the meaning of paragraph 18 of Article 2 and paragraph 6 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-14-1

Where the investigation or inspection report drawn up by the AMF reveals breaches by a person referred to in 9° of II of Article L. 621-9, in II of Article L. 621-15, except in the case of breaches re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-1

…ropean Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, shall be considered as a single position. The AMF may authorise one of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7 to hold an additional mandate f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L784-8

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-8

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to concession contracts for public passenger transport services by rail

Article R3222-1

The concession contracts referred to in 11° of Article L. 3212-4 are governed, for their award and performance, by Decree no. 2019-1083 of 24 October 2019 on the procedures for awarding and performing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-10

The articles L. 2123-34 and L. 2123-35 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 on involvement in local life and the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-53

When the AMF becomes aware of an infringement of the provisions of this Code committed by a statutory auditor of a management company or a general-purpose investment fund, or when it considers that th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-24

I.-Any professional operating in an economic sector mentioned in III of this article may ask the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumption to formally take a position on the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-39

Revenue and expenditure accounts may be set up at the Agency by decision of the Chairman, with the approval of the accounting officer, under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July…

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