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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 Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: PERSONAL RETABLISHMENT

Article R743-1

…p and sent to the debtor by the registry when the judgment referred to in Article R. 741-12, R. 741-16 or R. 742-17.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

…cles L. 5125-1-1 to L. 5125-3-3, L. 5125-5-1, L. 5125-8, L. 5125-9, L. 5125-11, L. 5125-12, L. 5125-16 and L. 5125-18 shall apply in the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resul…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-154

For proceedings opened on or after 1 January 2006, the following may not be disclosed: 1° Judgments handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proceedings pursuant to article

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-39

…olumn of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 549-1 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 549-2Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 549-3 to L. 549-10 Order n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-14

…ndering or terrorist financing or meets the conditions provided for in Articles R. 561-15 or R. 561-16. They shall ensure throughout the business relationship that the risk of money laundering or terr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204

…declarations. Requests for clarification and justification provided for in the articles L 10 and L 16 du livre des procédures fiscales as well as the proposed rectifications mentioned in Article L 57…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22-2

…new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 created after the promulgation of law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities, which have 10,000 inhabitants or more and which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-4

…tle II; e) Article L. 124-26 ; f) Chapter IV of Title III of Book I; 2° Articles L. 531-1 to L. 531-16 of the Research Code. By way of derogation from 1°, the staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-15

…tes or currencies; d) Financial indices, satisfying the conditions laid down in I of Article R. 214-16; 2° The counterparties to transactions in OTC financial contracts are either institutions acting…

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