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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…of Title I of this Book, including branches of the credit institutions mentioned in Article L. 511-22 and the financial institutions mentioned in Article L. 511-23 ; 1° bis Payment institutions gover…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L773-42

…ns having the same effect; b) References to 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…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L774-42

…ns having the same effect; b) References to 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…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278-0 bis

…of the aforementioned list or covered under the hospitalisation benefits defined in articles L. 162-22-6 and L. 162-22-7 of the same code, the list of which is set by joint order of the ministers resp…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of access to premises and places of business and home visits.

Article 64

…l must be lodged exclusively by declaration delivered or sent by registered post or, from 1 January 2009, by electronic means, to the court registry within a period of fifteen days. This period runs f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 sexies

…tax on energy products [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2009-599 DC of 29 December 2009];- other current management charges, other than the share of profits…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

The work permit provided for in Article R. 5221-1 is waived for: 1° Nationals of the Member States of the European Union, the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: General conditions

Article L1618-2

…blishment may benefit from a delegation under the conditions laid down in articles L. 1424-30, L. 2122-22, L. 3211-2 and L. 4221-5.IV. - Local authorities and their public establishments may, with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-1

…ial Security Code or reimbursed as part of the hospitalisation services mentioned in article L. 162-22-6 of the same code, when they are used in the context of non-commercial research authorised under…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-14

…oned in article L. 162-1-7 of the same code or hospitalisation services mentioned in article L. 162-22-6 of this code, when they are used as part of a non-commercial performance study authorised under…

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