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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L773-42

…of I, the words: "the Europol national unit referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)" are re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L774-42

…of I, the words: "the Europol national unit referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)" are re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-7

…ses in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/ EC of the Eu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-3

…ransferred on an additional basis without prejudice to the provisions of II of the articles L. 5214-16 and L. 5216-5, the competences transferred on an optional basis and those transferred on an addit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

…forward to the next profit sharing account.The provisions of the second sentence of article A. 132-16 do not apply to the plan.c) The revaluation of annuity or capital commitments expressed in euros…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5462-8

…r dissemination of warnings or precautions for use decided or ordered pursuant to Article L. 5312-3;16° Any failure by a manufacturer of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Sommaire

…ry budgets 13. Debt reduction and write-offs 14. Payment of legal fees 15. Payment of court rulings 16. Repayment of loans and fees 17. Taxes, duties and similar payments 18. Settlement and reprieve o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Treatment of losses incurred before joining the group

Article 223 I

…ll result, if this revaluation is carried out in the accounts of a financial year closed between 31 December 1986 and the opening date of a financial year during which the company became a member of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Overall result

Article 223 B

…le, mentioned in the last paragraph of this article in its wording prior to law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, not charged at the close of the last financial year opened before…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9

…mentioned in the last paragraph of the same II and excluding FIAs falling under I of article L. 214-167 and those mentioned in the second paragraph of III of this article; 2° Or covered by 1° of III o…

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