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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-7

Articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 and L. 228-3-4 to L. 228-3-6 are applicable to intermediaries mentioned in 1° to 3° of I of article L. 228-2 who receive a request for information concerning the owners…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-43-1

…u 2° de l'article R. 40-43, les données et informations communiquées en application de l'article 67 bis-2 du code des douanes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Re-identification and verification of the identity of the customer and the beneficial owner

Article R561-11-1

In the event of the transfer of a life insurance or capitalisation contract to a third party, the persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2, when they take note of the transfer or, wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Declarations of existence and accounts

Article 286

…in particular purchase invoices, must be kept in accordance with the procedures set out in I and I bis of l'article L. 102 B of the tax procedures book ;3° bis If it carries out supplies of goods and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

…report mentioned in Article L. 561-15 or to information received under Articles L. 561-15-1, L. 561-27, L. 561-28 or L. 561-29, as well as for the purpose of providing information, under the condition…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-2

…thorities. The Corsican regional authority replaces the tourist offices and agency from 1st January 2003, unless the Assembly of Corsica decides otherwise. The territorial collectivity of Corsica may…

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

Article D351-6

…of 15 June 2022 D. 314-24 to D. 314-26 Resulting from the décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016 D. 314-27 Resulting from the décret n° 2018-431 du 1er juin 2018 D. 314-28 and D. 314-29 Resulting from dec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-1

…w n° 2014-873 of 4 August 2014 for real equality between women and men and of décret n° 2015-354 du 27 mars 2015 relatif à l'égal accès des femmes et des hommes aux commissions et instances consultati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L6333-1

…edures set out in the first two paragraphs of article L. 6323-11 and articles L. 6323-11-1, L. 6323-27 and L. 6323-34. The Caisse des dépôts et consignations is authorised to receive the resources men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-18

…ontractors recruited under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, for the purposes of designing, developing, maintaining and hosting the processing. II…

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