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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-1

Where the customer of one of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 is a company, "beneficial owner", within the meaning of 1° of Article L. 561-2-2, means the natural person(s) who either direct…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Family reunification

Article R561-1

The application for family reunification is initiated by the visa application of the family members of the refugee or beneficiary of subsidiary protection mentioned in Article L. 561-5. It is lodged w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons required to report to the public prosecutor

Article L561-1

Persons other than those referred to in Article L. 561-2 who, in the exercise of their profession, carry out, control or advise on transactions involving movements of capital, are required to report t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Residence permit

Article L561-1

A foreign national who has been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection pursuant to this Book shall be issued with a residence permit under the terms and conditions laid down in Chapter IV of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VI: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L561-1

This Book is applicable to Mayotte under the following conditions: 1° References made by provisions of this Code to other Articles of the same Code only concern Articles applicable to Mayotte where ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1-1

When, during a search in a place other than those mentioned in Article 56-1, a document mentioned in the second paragraph of the same Article is discovered 56-1, the person at whose premises these ope…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 561

Islands and landings that form in non-domain watercourses belong to the riparian owners on the side where the island has formed: if the island is not formed on one side only, it belongs to the riparia…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Devolutive effect.

Article 561

The appeal puts the res judicata in question before the appellate court.A new decision shall be given on the facts and on the law under the conditions and within the limits determined in Books One and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 561

In the cases provided for in articles 557 and 558, the copy shall be delivered in a sealed envelope bearing no information other than the surname, first names and address of the interested party or, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking compliance with obligations by the persons mentioned in 8° to 11° and 14° to 16° of Article L. 561-2

Article R561-41-1

The report referred to in V of Article L. 561-36 shall contain the following information: 1° The sanctions that the supervisory authorities referred to in this V impose on the persons referred to in A…

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