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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-1

…antees a sufficient level of protection of the privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in accordance with articles 122 and 123 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978. The decision to c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies E

1. Taxable persons who buy and resell investment gold as defined in 2 of article 298 sexdecies A must keep, for six years in support of their accounts, documents enabling their customers to be identif…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29

Private guards may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the territory to be guarded or one of them is located, at the seat of that court o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Involvement of the State representative in the département

Article R1334-29-8

…ance with the identification obligations defined in articles R. 1334-17 to R. 1334-19, to carry out dust measurements, to monitor the state of conservation of materials, to implement precautionary mea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A ter

…is activity via an online platform is evading his obligations to declare or pay the value added tax due pursuant to Article 293 A, the administration may report this person to the operator of the onli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-29

The provisions of this section do not deprive the consumer of the right to exercise the action resulting from the warranty for hidden defects as set out in articles 1641 to 1649 of the Civil Code or a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-3

…1 and L. 3213-7 of the Public Health Code with regard to a person declared criminally irresponsible due to a mental disorder. In particular, such hospitalisation may only be terminated in accordance w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-2

…time by the Prefect if the holder ceases to fulfil one or more of the conditions set out in article 29-1 or if it fails to comply with the provisions of l'article R. 15-33-29-1. The principal and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-1

…The significant causes and effects of risks to the investment firm, in particular those which may reduce the level of available own funds; 4° The liquidity risk over adequate periods of different leng…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-3

…efined in the agreement included in the trading zone, such as to justify the suspension of the procedure before the departmental commission; b) For the projects mentioned in the second paragraph of ar…

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