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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Government commissioners and financial activities auditors

Article D783-19

…and column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 615-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 615-2No. 2010-291 of 18 March 2010D. 615-3 to D. 615-7n° 2005-1007 of 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-1

…ember States of the European Union, in accordance with the provisions of Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA of 24 February 2005 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-8

…rder of the Minister of Finance, and do not give rise to any remuneration.It is subject toorder no. 2005-649 of 6 June 2005 relating to contracts awarded by certain public or private persons not subje…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Government auditors and financial activities auditors

Article D784-14

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 615-1n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 615-2No. 2010-291 of 18 March 2010D. 615-3 to D. 615-7n° 2005-1007 of 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-7

…subject to secure electronic authentication, in accordance with the requirements of ordonnance no. 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 as amended relating to electronic exchanges between users and administr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-10

…sions of this Title do not apply to financial years prior to the financial year following 1 January 2005 for companies, groupings or legal entities, whatever their legal status, of which more than hal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors.

Article D2573-7

…cree no. 2023-523 of 29 June 2023R. 2122-8Decree no. 2010-783 of 8 July 2010 R. 2122-9-1 decree no. 2005-935 of 2 August 2005 R. 2122-10 decree no. 2017-890 of 6 May 2017 R. 2122-11 Decree no. 2017-27…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16°: Acquisitions of woods and forests and land for reforestation

Article 1137

…not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from any levy for the benefit of the Treasury if the purchaser undertakes in the de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19-1

…h a view to combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration, signed in Prüm on 27 May 2005; 2° By any act adopted pursuant to Title IV or VI of the Treaty on European Union and pursuing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…u h de…

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