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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-38

…Article L. 612-38 of this decision in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article R. 612-9.The fact that the rapporteur is excluded from the deliberations, in accordance with the provisions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

…e portion of sums received from the issue of securities covered by the provisions of Article L. 228-97 of the French Commercial Code transferred outside France to a person or entity, directly or indir…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-27

…of ten years after 1 January 2016, if these items: a) Were issued before 18 January 2015 ; b) At 31 December 2015, could be used in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of Title III of Book II…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3351-1

…th a public administrative service mission, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Bo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3361-1

…o the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Bo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-19

…ector General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or his named representative, by 31 December each year at the latest, the amounts of the logistical penalties it has imposed on its supp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L744-11

…2014-366 of 24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exception of its third and fifth paragraphsLaw no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-6 Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022L. 221-7 Law no. 2017-1837 of 30…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-7

I. - The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK V: FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L6500

From the 2020 financial year, a global autonomy grant is instituted for the benefit of French Polynesia, by deduction from State revenue, intended to compensate for the operating costs borne by this c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-13

…of infringing a geographical indication are detained after a request referred to in Article L. 722-9 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a geographical indication may be destroyed under…

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