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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-17

The provisions of articles R. 823-12 and R. 823-13 are not applicable to: 1° Persons and entities whose balance sheet total plus operating income and financial income, excluding tax, exceeds €122,000,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L784-14

…11-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 632-11-3 Ordinanceno. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 632-13 Order no. 2017-484 of 6 April 2017 L. 632-13-1, with the exception of its second paragraph Ordina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L783-14

…11-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 632-11-3 Ordinanceno. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 632-13 Order no. 2017-484 of 6 April 2017 L. 632-13-1, with the exception of its second paragraph Ordina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-60

…entioned in I of Article L. 511-10, the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 transmit to the body of the credit institution to which the branch belongs, which exercises super…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-4

…ated to the latter if they fall within one of the investment categories defined in 1° to 5°, 8° and 13° of Article R. 332-2. The same provisions apply to investments in a contract or commitments which…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-19

…in order to ensure that the borrower is properly informed, pursuant to Articles L. 314-10 to L. 314-13. The lender or intermediary responds to any request from the borrower for an explanation of this…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

…d down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regul…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-18

…times the amount of the parliamentary allowance as defined in Article 1 of the Order no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the Organic Law on the Allowances of Members of Parliament. This ceiling is net…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of regional mandates.

Article L4135-18

…alf times the amount of the parliamentary allowance as defined in article 1 of Order no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the Organic Law on the Allowances of Members of Parliament. This ceiling is net…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-8

…riminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-53-13, the regional secure detention court may, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 70…

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