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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-27

…in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, concerning the establishment of Eurodac for the comparison of fingerprints for the effect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-1

…ing of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-6

…Article 4(1)(36) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms is likely to under…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-39

…ance with the provisions of Directive 2001/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall inform the AIFM, its initial legal representati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article L563-2

…prohibited by Article L. 320-1 of the Internal Security Code or betting prohibited by the Act of 2 June 1891 regulating the authorisation and operation of horse races.The Ministers shall lift the pro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 612-4

…ich the services are subject under the provisions of Chapters I to III of Decree no. 2021-793 of 22 June 2021 on on-demand audiovisual media services;5° Be up to date with payment of the tax on physic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-6

…e marks or European Union trade marks registered in accordance with Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade ma…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: MEASURES FOLLOWING CONTROLS

Article L524-3

…ication, under the conditions provided for in the 8 of the I of article 6 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, to any person mentioned in 2 of I of the same artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 ter

…property taxes are collected under the conditions provided for in 1 of article 1663 et à l'article 1730. However, the taxpayer may opt for monthly direct debits from an account opened by him and meet…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-2

…to drawing up territorial development contracts provided for in article 21 of law no. 2010-597 of 3 June 2010 relating to Greater Paris.The president of the territorial council is elected from among i…

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