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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-32

…e European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or, as the case may be, in Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019, or in a provision of Ti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-19

…esponsible for the economy, the information referred to in c and d of Article 51 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 published by investment…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…a European Certificate of Succession;- Articles 44 to 57 and 60 of Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/1103 of 24 June 2016 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of jurisdiction, applicable law, r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1680

…esignated pursuant to A of I of Article 201 of Law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019. Matured arrears of State annuities may be allocated to the payment of direct tax.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23

…la taxe professionnelle et le reversement du Fonds national de garantie individuelle des ressources;10° Where applicable, the proceeds of the taxes provided for in Articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

…the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union ;9° Regulation No 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on prudential requiremen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article L2513-7

…ion, €6.8 million and €8.4 million, the département will top up this payment by the difference.From 2019, the amount of the Bouches-du-Rhône département's financial contribution will be €10 million.II…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-1

…chapter to the contrary, the French sub-account, within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan-European individual…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition of the Criminal Appeals Division

Article 510

…is accused or if [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2019-778 DC of 21 March 2019] the appellant expressly requests that the case be heard by a panel; th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-36

…for in Article L. 412-1: 1° The provisions of Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary reinforcement of official controls and emergency measu…

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