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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L785-3

…exception of the last two paragraphs of I, II, IX and X, L. 613-49 with the exception of 2°, 5° and 6° of III and L. 613-49-1 with the exception of IV and VOrder 2020-1636 of 21 December 2020 L. 613-4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-2

…he exception of III and IV Order no. 2020-1496 of 2 December 2020 L. 312-4-1, with the exception of 6°, 8° and 9° of its II Act 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 312-5, L. 312-6 and L. 312-7 to L. 312-8-1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Assessment of the integration condition for the issue of a residence permit

Article L413-7

The first issue of the resident card provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10 or L. 423-16, the resident card bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU" provided for in articles L. 421-12, L. 421…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-152-2

…ling them to be identified, their properties to be determined and their traceability to be ensured; 6° In addition, they shall keep, on a daily basis, a register on an electronic medium of all extract…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…nts; 5° The contribution to the budget of the Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale; 6° Where applicable, the salaries and other expenses of the staff of the metropolitan police ; 7° Ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8

…ok II of Part Five;5° Cellular products for therapeutic purposes referred to in Article L. 1243-1 ; 6° (Repealed) ;7° Excipients for pharmaceutical use and substances used in the manufacture of a medi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended employment contracts

Article L1254-21

…e; 5° A description of the skills, qualifications and areas of expertise of the supported employee; 6° A description of the skills, qualifications and areas of expertise of the supported employee. 125…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 bis

…ine of €100 to €750:1° Failure to submit to the administration or to keep the accounts mentioned in 6° of Article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and services;2° Failure to submit the document…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article L160-7

The requisitioning of services, within the meaning of article 2 of order no. 59-63 of 6 January 1959 relating to the requisitioning of goods and services, as well as in the case of accommodation or ca…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-2-1

I.-As regards asset and liability management, insurance and reinsurance undertakings regularly assess the sensitivity of their prudential technical provisions and own funds to the assumptions underlyi…

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