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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L785-8

…nd h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-17 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 202…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L774-28

…2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 531-2 with the exception of c), n) and o) of its 2°.Ordinance no. 2021-1652 of 15 December 2021 L. 531-4 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 531-5 Law no. 2003-706 of 1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…rticle 3(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009, as amended, on cross-border payments in the Community; 4° Regulation (EU) No 1177…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Professional economic development committees

Article 1039 A

…transfers made to a professional economic development committee governed by the loi n° 78-654 du 22 juin 1978, of assets of any kind belonging to an organisation with a similar purpose are exempt from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

…h the exception of those referred to in d of 2 of Article 9 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in 2° of article 80 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to infor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VII: Conditions of application in Overseas France of Book V relating to service providers

Article R771-1

…rliament and of the Council No 648/2012 of 4 July 2012, No 575/2013 of 26 June 2013, No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014, No 909/2014 of 23 July 2014, No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Allocation of the resources of the inter-municipal equalisation fund.

Article R2573-44

The amount of taxes, duties and fees mentioned in Article 52 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia is that entered in the administrative account…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…eks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017; b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for packaging

Article R1322-35

Natural mineral water is a foodstuff within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation.

Article L2331-4

…takings referred to in points a and c of paragraph 5 of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on concentrations shall not be regarded as dominant undertakings.

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