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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L785-6

…21-3 Act no . 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 621-5 Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 621-5-1 and L. 621-5-2 Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 L. 621-5-3 wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R50-46

…t managing the file shall send the Ministry of the Interior the notice provided for in articles 706-25-10 and R. 50-54. Following registration of the declaration of any cross-border movement, the depa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D2333-82-5

…e tax collection department responsible for the head office or main establishment no later than the 25th of the month following the month during which the liability arose. Although they are not immedi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L351-5

…IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 314-5 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 314-6 Resulting f…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-5

Posts to be filled in categories 1 "head of department", 1 and 2 are also open to contract employees of the establishment who hold one of the qualifications or diplomas required in article R. 113-4 fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 decies

I. - The deduction rights of businesses that publish the publications designated in article 298 septies are determined under the same conditions as for companies that become liable for this tax, takin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Liquidation.

Article R310-3

The mayor shall issue a receipt for the declaration of the liquidation sale within a maximum of fifteen days of receipt of the complete file for the said declaration; if the file is incomplete, the ma…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Falsifications

Article L451-2

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros: 1° If the falsified or corrupted substance is harmful to human or anim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-3

…ean Economic Area and are manufactured or imported in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2003/94/EC and by an establishment authorised under Article 13-1 of Directive 2001/20/EC of the Euro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R50-54

Pursuant to Article 706-25-10, the file manager shall send the Ministry of the Interior daily notices of new initial entries as provided for in Article 706-25-7, address changes relating to a registra…

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