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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-8

…ed to accept under the conditions set out in the penultimate and final paragraphs of Article L. 511-15. Any stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Individual policy form

Article R814-2

…The foreign national's usual place of residence;5° The foreign national's mobile phone number and e-mail address;6° Date of arrival at the establishment and expected date of departure.Data relating to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-14

…the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by 15 February each year at the latest, an annual statement of the stocks held at 31 December of the pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-4

The persons referred to in 8°, 9°, 10 and 15° of Article L. 561-2 shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for failing to respond, after formal notice, to requests for inf…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

The associations referred to inArticle L. 122-1 and the sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

Financial securities admitted to the operations of a central depository may be registered in a securities account held by an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3, unless the issuer decides oth…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2681-2

…2192-35D. 2196-5 to D. 2196-6Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022D. 2197-13 to D. 2197-15D. 2197-17 to D. 2197-22In Book IIIIn Title VIID. 2371-3Title IXD. 2392-2Resulting from decree no.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

…natural or legal person as part of a movement or organisation whose purpose or effect is to create, maintain or exploit psychological or physical subjection, exercise the rights conferred on a civil p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 nonies

…tivities mentioned in I and the first two paragraphs of II of article 2 of law no. 90-568 of 2 July 1990 relating to the organisation of the public postal service and France Télécom. II. II - In order…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 B

…local authorities and their groupings with their own tax system taken pursuant to article 81 of the 1990 finance law (n° 89-935 of 29 December 1989) are applicable under the conditions set out in the…

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