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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10

…egislation or practices impede the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing or by the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 on the preventio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

…tor shall perform his duties in accordance with the international auditing standards adopted by the European Commission under the conditions defined by Article 26 of Directive 2006/43/EC of 17 May 200…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…nother State, with the provisions adopted by that State for the implementation of Directive 2013/34/EU of 26 June 2013 or, where that State is not required to comply with that Directive, with principl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-2

…gislative and regulatory provisions applicable to management companies covered by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011, with the exception of the provision…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-3

…nd paragraph of II of Article L. 214-24-2, the marketing, with a passport, in a Member State of the European Union other than France, to professional clients, of units or shares of third-country AIFs…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK VI

Article

…identifying affiliated companies and partner companies within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to in Article 631-2 ; 2° Tax returns for the la…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Normal operating mode

Article 726

I. - Transfers of corporate rights are subject to registration duty, the rate of which is set:1° At 0.1%:- for deeds involving transfers of shares, founders' shares or profit shares in joint stock com…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure applicable to the interoperability of technological measures

Article R331-33

…likely to rely on this secret and that person has not made a request for classification, the rapporteur invites that person to submit, if he so wishes, within a time limit that he sets, a request for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 299

…r year preceding that referred to in the same I exceeds the following two thresholds:1° 750 million euros in respect of services provided worldwide;2° 25 million euros in respect of services provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L784-14

…anque de France, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer and the Autorité des marchés financiers from a European supervisory authority or a third country may not be disclosed without the express agreement…

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