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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-25

I. - The financial indices referred to in Article R. 214-32-22 satisfy the following conditions:1° Their composition is sufficiently diversified, in the sense that the following criteria are met:a) Th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-15

…ut by the trader, a failure on his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-8

When the formalities provided for in Article 171-2 have been complied with and the marriage has been celebrated in the forms customary in the country, it shall be entered in the civil status registers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies E

1. Taxable persons who buy and resell investment gold as defined in 2 of article 298 sexdecies A must keep, for six years in support of their accounts, documents enabling their customers to be identif…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-29-1

Personal data contained in the processing may be accessed, for consultation purposes only, with the exception of data relating to persons registered as victims: 1° Agents of the departments mentioned…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A ter

…e platform is evading his obligations to declare or pay the value added tax due pursuant to Article 293 A, the administration may report this person to the operator of the online platform, so that the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions

Article L312-17

…ent of a conviction for one of the offences mentioned in articles L. 312-14 to L. 312-16, the court may prohibit the organisation of public sporting events in the enclosure. Provisional enforcement of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure for fixed fines for misdemeanours

Article A36-17

In all cases, an acknowledgement of registration of the challenge is automatically presented to the person when they have validated and sent their challenge. This document can be downloaded or printed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-25-1

…coffin fitted with a watertight bowl complies with the characteristics mentioned in article R. 2213-25. This body will issue a certificate of conformity. II. II -An order by the ministers responsible…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-17

I. - For the application of Article D. 5217-16 :a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the member municipalities of the me…

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