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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R775-38

…il 2021 R. 561-23 n° 2020-118 of 12 February 2020 R. 561-24 n° 2019-1248 of 28 November 2019 R. 561-25 to R. 561-27 n° 2018-284 of 18 April 2018 R. 561-28 n° 2021-387 of 2 April 2021 R. 561-29 to R. 5…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of the Criminal Records Department

Article R64

…elve who appear in the national identification register, as well as any changes to which these data may have been subject. This communication, carried out on magnetic media or by secure electronic mea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-2

A company may only grant a loan as referred to in 3a of article L. 511-6 if the following four conditions are met: 1° On the closing date of each of the two financial years preceding the date on which…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information obligation

Article L221-5

I.-Prior to the conclusion of a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of services, digital content or digital services, the trader shall provide the consumer with the following information i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…and b of 1°, making it impossible to complete the work as initially planned, provided that at least 25% of the production expenses have already been incurred. This rate is reduced to 15% when the aban…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-51

…tions:1° The production company requests the use of the financial envelope in sums of a minimum of €25,000 for the production of each work;2° The production company may request the use of up to 20% of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-22

…f concerned by the obligation of professional competence mentioned in articles L. 314-24 and L. 314-25 are natural persons who work for the creditor and who are directly involved in drawing up, offeri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Consumer credit

Article D351-1

…PPLICABLES DANS LAYOUT D. 312-1, D. 312-7, D. 312-8, D. 312-15 to D. 312-19 and D. 312-21 to D. 312-25 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 312-26 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Single registration

Article L775-30

…ember 2021 L. 546-2 and L. 546-3 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 L. 546-4Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 II - For the purposes of the articles mentioned in the table above, in Article L. 546-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees

Article D1611-28

…y law; 2° The attestations and certificates mentioned in II of Article 51 of Decree no. 2016-360 of 25 March 2016 on public contracts proving that it has fulfilled its tax and social security obligati…

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