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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incompatibilities

Article R783-20

Article R. 616-1 is applicable in French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: " the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer"…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incompatibilities

Article R782-20

Article R. 616-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: ", the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer" af…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-122-1

…rove one of the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 27 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies is that provided for in the first parag…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accounting

Article D4425-38

In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said decree…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article R352-31

…ount all the relevant factors specified in Article 289 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. This extension may not exceed seven years.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-7

…icant to use products that have been evaluated and certified under the conditions set out in Decree 2002-535 of 18 April 2002 on the evaluation and certification of the security offered by information…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 B

…he tax authorities, other than those mentioned in articles 1728 and 1729, will result in a fine of €150.The fine is increased to €1,500 in the case of the declaration provided for in Article 238 bis,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-33

For the application of the first two paragraphs of article L. 221-15 relating to a taxpayer's eligibility for the popular savings passbook account : 1° The income ceilings mentioned in the first parag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…s. II - In this section, the term "owner" means : 1° For the buildings mentioned in article R. 1334-15, the owner or owners of the built property; 2° For the private portions of buildings mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-34

…ertificate from the doctor or thanatopractor provided for in the third paragraph of article R. 2213-15.Where the death poses a medico-legal problem, cremation may only take place after authorisation f…

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