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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 L. 561-17 Order no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-18 Order no. 2018-1125 of 12 December 2018 L. 561-19 Ordinance 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-20 Order 2020-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-7

…f Law no. 2003-660 of 21 July 2003 on programmes for overseas France or Ordinance no. 2010-590 of 3 June 2010 on provisions relating to the civil status under local law applicable in Mayotte and the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-16

…uly 2009 or AIFs covered by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011. All the places of business established in the same Member State of the European Union or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-8

…diovisual works and its annual turnover within the meaning ofArticle 2 of Decree no. 2021-793 of 22 June 2021 on on-demand audiovisual media services, achieved in the calendar year preceding that of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-7

…it is a public sector entity within the meaning of Article 116 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of 26 June 2013 which is not a credit institution, nor by a subsidiary of its parent undertaking, nor by a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-26-1

…bligations resulting from Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, which has been provided or created by the consumer when using the digital content or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

…irst paragraph, the agreement will be converted under the conditions provided for in Article R. 441-27 if, at the end of ten successive financial years, the ratio referred to in the first paragraph is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-2

…y the following three paragraphs:In accordance with 4° of Article 97 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia: "the Council of Ministers of French P…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Transitional provisions.

Article L441-10

…raph as part of the first annual information provided for in Article L. 441-3-1 following 1 January 2018. II. - Agreements of any kind in existence on 1 July 2017 and carrying out or providing for tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

…e, the difference is deducted from the compensation mentioned in III of Article 37 of Law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on the finances for 2014 or, failing that, from the twelfths provided for in…

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