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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4-4

…nty working days if direct debit issuers receive the details of the new bank account before 1 April 2017.X. - For the purposes of the sixth paragraph of III of Article L. 312-1-7, the transfer issuer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-3

…ements. For the territorial authority of Guyane, the balance used is that recorded at 31 December 2018. For the department of La Réunion, the balance used is that recorded at 31 December 2019. For the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…ity receives a referral from the European Central Bank in accordance with the provisions of Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, the supervisory board shall initia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-17

…on by the number of municipalities concerned.IV bis.The fourth fraction of the allocation, equal to 18,800,000 euros, is distributed among municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants which, at 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-20-1

…ce Code, supplementary occupational pension mutuals or unions authorised pursuant to Article L. 222-18 of the Mutual Code, institutions for supplementary occupational retirement provision authorised p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-210

…applied and the results of the risk analysis;3° Where the standards referred to in Article R. 5211-18 are not applied in full, a description of the solutions adopted to meet the essential requirement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L773-42

…branches of establishments mentioned in Articles L. 511-22, L. 511-23, L. 522-13, L. 526-24, L. 532-18-1, L. 532-20-1 and L. 532-21-3 do not apply; c) After 9° bis, a new 9° ter is inserted as follows…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L774-42

…branches of establishments mentioned in Articles L. 511-22, L. 511-23, L. 522-13, L. 526-24, L. 532-18-1, L. 532-20-1 and L. 532-21-3 do not apply; c) After 9° bis, a new 9° ter is inserted as follows…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-5

…s on the date of 31 December 2015, the territorial public establishment replaces, until 31 December 2017 for the competences provided for in 3° and until 31 December 2016 for the competence provided f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 C

…ioned in 1 of this article is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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