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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L783-4

…o. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 613-24 Order no. 2014-1332 of 6 November 2014 L. 613-25 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 613-26 Order no. 2020-1636 of 21 December 2020 L. 613-27 Ordinance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Transfers of fixed assets between group companies

Article 223 F

…ecurities excluded from the system of long-term capital gains or losses in accordance with article 219 and to the transfer of securities referred to in the fifth or sixth paragraph of a ter of the I o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…mended by Title II Chapter III: General obligations of traders Article D. 123-80-1 Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020Article D. 123-200Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 20202° The provisions of B…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-22

…ur les gazoles et essences en Corse en application de l'article 5 of law no. 94-1131 of 27 December 1994 on the tax status of Corsica, calculated in accordance with 3° of B of IX of article 60 of law…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-2

…n ex officio licence, mentioned in Articles L. 613-11, L. 613-15, L. 613-17, L. 613-17-1 and L. 613-19, may bring infringement proceedings if, after formal notice, the patent owner does not bring such…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-21

…surrender, to be delivered to another Member State under the conditions provided for in Article 695-19; 3° Where the judicial authority of the executing Member State, which surrendered the person, exp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-1

…ional release, judicial supervision or security supervision, in accordance with the articles 706-53-19, 723-30, 723-37, 731-1, 763-3 et 763-8 of this code, in the cases and under the conditions provid…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-17

…its specific regulations complying with the technical and safety rules mentioned in article R. 331-19 ; 4° The maximum number of people expected to attend the event; 5° A certificate of insurance pol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-18

…e declaration referred to in Article L. 561-15 is confidential. Subject to the provisions ofArticle 19 of the aforementionedAct 78-17 of 6 January 1978, it is prohibited, on pain of the penalties prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-10

…tants and under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article 22 of order no. 45-2138 of 19 September 1945 establishing the Ordre des Experts Comptables and regulating the title and profess…

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