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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article L775-15

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 521-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 O…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-4

I. - With effect from financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2014, the persons referred to in II of Article L. 511-45 shall draw up a table grouping together the information relating to their…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L7345-1

…ir workers, excluding personal data relating to customers and in compliance with Act No. 78-17 of 5 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties, under conditions set by decree…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-18

…dies or firms, of the total number of professionals practising within these offices or studies on 1 January of the calendar year concerned, and of the number of persons practising the profession conce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article R1615-2

I. - (repealed)II. - For expenditure carried out from 1 January 2021, the following are not included among the capital expenditure giving entitlement to allocations from the compensation fund for valu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-4

…etin containing the information mentioned in last paragraph of article 5 of decree no. 82-103 of 22 January 1982 as amended relating to the national register of identification of natural persons ; 2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-33

…texts below are extracts, for their entirety, refer to the various codes concerned" of article L. 121-2 of the Highway Code, articles L. 130-4 (paragraph 8), L. 330-2 (paragraph 14) and L. 419-1 of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R773-7

…0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no. 2013-56 of 16 January 2013R. 518-3 to R. 518-7n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-8-1n° 2008-781 of 18 August 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R774-7

…0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no. 2013-56 of 16 January 2013R. 518-3 to R. 518-7n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-8-1n° 2008-781 of 18 August 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R775-6

…0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no. 2013-56 of 16 January 2013R. 518-3 to R. 518-7n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-8-1n° 2008-781 of 18 August 2…

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