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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6-2

…e institutions mentioned inarticle L. 3253-14 of the Labour Code in application of articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-16 and L. 3253-18-1 of the same code are made by bank transfer. The payment of wages and…

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

Article L561-1

…involve sums that they know to be the proceeds of one of the offences referred to in Article L. 561-15. Where they have made such a report in good faith, such persons shall benefit from the provisions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IVa: Certain regulated tariffs

Article L444-6

…articles L. 444-4 and L. 444-5 under the conditions set out in articles L. 450-2 to L. 450-8. They may enjoin professionals and their representative bodies to comply with their obligations under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3a: Withholding tax on salaries, remuneration, pensions, annuities, income and gains paid to persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 1671 A

…gether with a declaration in accordance with the model set by the administration, no later than the 15th of the month following the calendar quarter during which the payment was made... The provisions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting rules.

Article R144-5

Articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-14, the first paragraph of article L. 123-15 and articles L. 123-17 to L. 123-22 of the French Commercial Code as well as article R. 123-181, the second paragraph of artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-2

…ectly, the persons concerned. These data are made available free of charge. The re-use of such data may not have the purpose or effect of identifying the persons concerned. By way of derogation from t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-12

…six months from the date of their publication on the website. The more restrictive position limits may be renewed for periods not exceeding six months at a time, if the circumstances justifying them…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-69

…aisses de crédit maritime mutuel ; 2. Unions de crédit maritime mutuel, which regional mutual banks may form between themselves with, where appropriate, groupings such as those defined in Article L. 5…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-22

The sums entered in the automatic promotion abroad account may be invested to cover the following expenses, relating to cinematographic works mentioned in 1° to 5° of article 721-6, provided that they…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-4

…ies who have been individually designated and specially authorised by the directors of these bodies may consult data relating to the surname, first name, date and country of birth and photograph of th…

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