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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

…dures laid down in Articles L. 6211-2, L. 6211-7 to L. 6211-9, L. 6211-11 to L. 6211-20 and L. 6211-22; 3° Invoicing, by a medical biology laboratory, for medical biology tests in breach of Article L.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…ge fees for card-related payment transactions; 21° Section 1 of Chapter I of Title II of this Book; 22° Articles L. 541-9-2, L. 541-9-3 and L. 541-15-9 of the Environment Code; 23° Of article L. 541-1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 C

…o granted them, securities lending carried out under the conditions provided for in articles L. 211-22 to L. 211-26 of the Monetary and Financial Code and repos carried out under the conditions provid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-20

…sauf si, selon ces indications, il se trouve dans l'un des cas prévus aux 1° à 3° de l'article 695-22-1 ; 8° If the facts on which the decision is based fall within the jurisdiction of the French cou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-17

…rights, obligations or security interests making up the assigned assets.Articles L. 141-2 to L. 141-22 do not apply to the transfer or contribution to a company of a business arising as a result of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-6

…the territorial coherence plan that came into force before the publication of Act no. 2021-1104 of 22 August 2021 on combating climate change and strengthening resilience to its effects or within a c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XII: Levy on online horserace betting for the benefit of racing companies

Article 1609 tertricies

…ioned Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010.The rate of the fee is set by decree. It may not be less than 22% or more than 31%.This fee is payable when the event or events on which the game is based take pl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-2

…ssued by a qualified trust service provider registered on a national trust list pursuant to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of 23 July 2014. Of the measures mentioned above, the persons ment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R782-11

…005R. 613-20-1no. 2010-257 of 14 March 2010R. 613-20-2n° 2013-383 of 6 May 2013R. 613-21 and R. 613-22n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-23n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-28n° 2018-710 of 3 Aug…

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