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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-2

Subject to the provisions of article 226-14 of the French Criminal Code, any person who disregards the prohibition set out in the second paragraph of article L. 561-30 shall be liable to the penalties…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-26

The free shares referred to in Article L. 3332-14 are only available after a minimum period of five years from their payment into the plan. The provisions of articles L. 225-197-4 and L. 225-197-5 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contentious appeals

Article R2122-29

The court registry will notify the applicant and the interested parties of the court's decision without delay and within three days at the latest, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R633-3

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is the supervisory authority referred to in Article L. 633-14, it shall consult the other competent authorities concerned and implement the g…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 ter B

…1649 ter A which are carried out by persons domiciled for tax purposes in a Member State or, in the case of the letting of immovable property, which relate to property situated in a Member State; b) I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

…dures mentioned in the third paragraph, a new opinion may be issued by the college in the following cases: 1° If new information justifies a change in the previous opinion ; 2° If the damage observed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-7

…d, within the meaning of I of Article L. 517-3, to another entity in the financial sector. II. - In cases other than those mentioned in I and in Article L. 633-14, where persons hold a participation i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…Doctors in the same speciality forming a medical team may jointly apply for accreditation. In this case, accreditation is issued to each of the doctors making up the medical team.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater X

…raph 5 of l'article 199 undecies A, assessed per square metre of habitable surface area and, in the case of the housing mentioned in the second paragraph of a of 1 of I, per square metre of surface ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-10

…o the different balances due set at different borrowing rates for the purposes of repayment. In the case of overdrafts, the amount and duration of the authorisation to be repaid by the borrower are in…

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