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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…re to be in breach of the requirements resulting from the provisions of : 1° Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 ; 2° Articles 3 to 7, 14 to 17 an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L775-36

…der 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-2-2 Order 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 L. 561-2-3 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 561-3 with the exception of its VI, L. 561-4 and L. 561-4-1 Ord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-59

The sponsor shall inform the competent authority and the Committee for the Protection of Individuals without delay of the new facts defined in 12° of Article R. 1123-46 and, where appropriate, of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-2

…se funds are returned to holders who are exempt from the declaration provided for in article L. 622-24 of the French Commercial Code. For the claim corresponding to the funds that could not be returne…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Matrimonial brokerage contracts

Article L224-91

…days of signing the contract, the contracting party of the professional referred to in article L. 224-90 may go back on his commitment, without being required to pay compensation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 278-0 A

By way of derogation from I and II of article 257 ter, where the elements other than incidental elements of a transaction are subject to the special rates provided for in articles 281 quater to 281 oc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-4

As stated in Article 511-18 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: Art. 511-18 -The act of conceiving human embryos in vitro or creating them by cloning for research purposes is punishable by seven y…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L924-6

…these contracts have been made compulsory in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is renewed from that date wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-33-3

…solution is responsible for monitoring compliance by the persons referred to in I of Article L. 526-24 acting under the freedom of establishment, of the provisions of Section 12 of Chapter III of Titl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Elections and operation of regional and inter-regional councils.

Article R4124-1-1

…d panel called upon to deliberate in the cases provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 4124-11. For the ordre des médecins, this restricted panel is composed of between seven and fifteen me…

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