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

Article L232-9-3

…nuous period of twelve months is subject to the administrative sanctions set out in articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12.For the purposes of this article, any breaches of the whereabouts obligations…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

…1-41-4 and Article L. 571-4 . They are also subject to the provisions of articles L. 612-20, L. 612-21, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 and L. 612-40 as well as article L. 612-23 for information rec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

…le 4, Article 5 and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2008 of 18 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…a and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2006-1660 of 22 December 2006, no. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, no. 2012-360 of 14 March 2012, no. 2016-273 of 4 March 2016, no. 2016-1537 of 16 November…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VE

…al undertaking to sell or a synallagmatic undertaking to sell, signed and dated between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023 at the latest; 2° Completed no later than 31 December of the second year fol…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-4

…are not allocated to this subsidiary accounting system shall be transferred to it before 1 January 2023. The insurance undertaking shall ensure that this transfer is not detrimental to the interests…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-177

…t for the issue of a certificate of non-damageability provided for by the Alsace-Lorraine law of 19 June 1906 on the certificate of non-damageability gives rise to the collection of a fixed fee in acc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater C

…strict: the other communes of the Ile-de-France region.2. - The rates per square metre are set, for 2023, in application of the table below:1st CIRCONSCRIPTION 2nd REGION 3rd CIRCONSCRIPTION 4.77 € 2.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R312-2

…rocedure for granting credit, consult the national register of personal credit repayment incidents; 21° The period during which the creditor is bound by the pre-contractual information.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Bank staff

Article L142-9

…sks entrusted to it. Permanent staff governed by these regulations and recruited before 1 September 2023 are affiliated to a special pension scheme governed by Article L. 711-1 of the Social Security…

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