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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-3-0

…le legal arrangement governed by foreign law; 2° He or she holds, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the assets, rights or securities included in a trust or any other comparable legal arrangemen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-6

…sion of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.The credit institution referred to in article L. 518-25-1 receives additional remuneration in respect of its specific obligations regarding the distribut…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-28

…pplication, in particular if the applicant from a country on the list referred to in Article L. 531-25 gives serious reasons for considering that his or her country of origin cannot be considered as s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-134

…g judge hearing the information shall remain competent, including in the cases mentioned in Article 25(6) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 referred to above. As long as the Euro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Control of the legality of the transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-12

…consequences of the transfer on the involvement of employees within the meaning of articles L. 439-25 to L. 439-50 of the Labour Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-7-1

…s, subject to the rights of third parties and in compliance with the provisions of articles L. 5211-25-1 et L. 5211-26 the conditions under which the trade union is wound up.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R533-17

…hand, collectively have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience referred to inArticle L. 533-25 with regard to financial markets, legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the investment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-98

…re; c) Third level: dust with a value greater than or equal to 6,000 fibres per litre and less than 25,000 fibres per litre.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Personal activity account for self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed, their collaborating spouses and artists and authors

Article D5151-10-1

…is made up of : 1° The personal training account, under the conditions defined by articles L. 6323-25 to L. 6323-31 and the provisions adopted for their application; 2° The Citizen Commitment Account…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-35

…run by mutual benefit societies or mining aid societies, the activities mentioned in articles L. 5125-1, L. 5125-2 and L. 5125-25 ; 2° In pharmacies for internal use, the activities mentioned in arti…

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