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

Article L775-36

…deleted; 6° When the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 has received information about fraudulent evasion or attempted fraudulent evasion of the assessment or payment of all or part of the ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment

Article L221-38

An institution that receives a request to open a savings product covered by this chapter must check whether the person already holds this product before opening it. A new product may not be opened if…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution

Article L5212-33

The union is dissolved:a) Either automatically on expiry of the term set by the decision establishing it or on completion of the operation it was intended to carry out or when it no longer has more th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-3

The Local Finance Committee controls the distribution of the global operating grant.It sets, where applicable, the amount of the lump-sum grant under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2334-7…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-3

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Costs of proceedings.

Article L663-3

…ets do not enable the liquidator or the mandataire judiciaire to obtain, by way of the remuneration due to him pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 444-2, a sum at least equal to a threshold set b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-36

The examining magistrate or the judicial police officer appointed by him or authorised by the public prosecutor may request any qualified agent of a service, unit or body placed under the authority of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-31

…e rights of creditors, the liquidator decides whether to distribute any funds that become available during the liquidation. After unsuccessful formal notice from the liquidator, any interested party m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-3

Fiscal revenue in the operating section may include:a) The proceeds of taxes and duties whose assessment and collection take place in the forms provided for in the General Tax Code, namely:1° The proc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Levy and collection.

Article L1241-3

…risk for the minor given his or her age or development, that every effort has been made to find an adult donor who is sufficiently compatible for the recipient and that the minor has been informed of…

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