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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to banking service providers

Article L773-47

…ber 2021 L. 571-5 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 571-6 to L. 571-9 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 571-13 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 571-14 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 Fe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to banking service providers

Article L774-47

…ber 2021 L. 571-5 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 571-6 to L. 571-9 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 571-13 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 571-14 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 Fe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-23

…22 as well as the periodic assessment of the state of preservation provided for in article R. 1334-27 and the visual examination provided for in article R. 1334-29-3 are carried out by persons who me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee of French Polynesia.

Article R2573-34

…ocal Finance Committee of French Polynesia established by Article 52 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia is made up of:1° Representatives of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-47

Draft articles of association must 1° state the object, duration, registered office and name of the company and the territorial scope of its operations, determine the method and general conditions und…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Offences concerning limited liability companies

Article L241-3

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros: 1° The fact, for any person, of fraudulently causing a contribution in kind to be valued higher than its actual value; 2° The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Offences relating to management and administration

Article L242-6

It shall be punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros for: 1° The chairman, directors or managing directors of a société anonyme to distribute fictitious dividends among the s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1460

…g to the taking of photographs and the transfer of their works of art within the meaning of article 278 septies and I of article 278-0 bis or of the rights mentioned in g of l'article 279 and relating…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the national conference

Article R 1424-59

The Conférence nationale des services d'incendie et de secours is made up of forty-three full members appointed by order of the minister in charge of civil protection as follows: a) One Member of Parl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Special conditions

Article D539

In accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 731-1 et de l'article R. 61-34, adults may also be placed under mobile electronic surveillance if they have been sentenced to at le…

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