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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Valuation of assets.

Article A332-7

…° of Article R. 332-2 is evaluated as follows. The assets mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 10°, 11°, 12° and 13° of article R. 332-2 as well as the securities issued by mutual insurance companies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to preventive group resolution plans

Article L613-40

…ority is subject to confidentiality obligations equivalent to those provided for in Articles L. 612-11, L. 612-17 and L. 613-50-7 with regard to the information it may receive.To this end, the resolut…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 796

…ceived in the same circumstances, awarded the "Died for France" mention provided for in article L. 511-1 of the Military Invalidity and Victims of War Pensions Code or the "Died for the Nation's servi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Sommaire

…nt note Heading 1. General administration 10. Consignment and financial investment of certain funds 11. Expenditure on behalf of third parties on co-owned, insalubrious or ruinous buildings >. 12. Tra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-1

…LT multilateral trading facility" or a "DLT trading and settlement facility", under Regulation (EU) No. 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022, as well as the related ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…ion de l'article L. 214-174 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 March 1989 implementing Articles 26 and 34 to 42 of Law No. 88-1201 of 23 December 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article D561-32-1

…neficiaries of the suspicious transaction or with a domiciliary within the meaning ofArticle L. 123-11 of the Commercial Code; 2° Carrying out financial transactions by companies in which there have b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-24

I.-Any professional operating in an economic sector mentioned in III of this article may ask the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumption to formally take a position on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-6

The deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1° bis, 1° ter, 1° quater and 2° of Article 21 are authorised to record the identity of offenders in order to draw up official reports concerning contr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-17

Any person who is subject to a suspension by virtue of a decision pronounced by an anti-doping organisation signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code or by the competent body hearing an appeal against s…

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