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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article L524-7

…to which the application of the foregoing provisions may give rise shall be the subject of written reports.III. - When the provisions of II are applied with a view to investigating and establishing t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

…part of the annual information statement provided for in article L. 441-3-1. The undertaking shall report annually to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution on the implementation of thi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-15

…formation recorded in the automated processing mentioned in article R. 142-11 and in the electronic component provided for in articles R. 414-5 and R. 431-1 :1° Officials responsible for the regulatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Conditions, procedures for issuing authorisation and related obligations

Article D1-12-6

The application for approval is composed as follows: 1° An application for approval signed by the association's legal representative; 2° The association's SIRET number, its identifier in the national…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment

Article R221-127

…and use of the savings products mentioned in sections 1 to 5 of this chapter. It submits an annual report on these products to Parliament and the Government. Credit institutions distributing the savi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Tax regimes

Article 69 C

Persons who carry out commercial import, sale, commission and brokerage operations involving live butchery and charcuterie animals, as well as those who carry out commercial purchase operations involv…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-2

…nts organised by an approved federation or authorised by a delegated federation or by a specialised commission set up in application of article L. 131-19, or with a view to taking part in them, substa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-15

…d must be returned to the insured, after deduction of the costs incurred by the insurer, other than commissions, where the latter have been recovered from the agent or broker.In the case referred to i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences concerning cinema and video exhibition receipts

Article L433-1

…vent of a breach of the provisions of article L. 212-32 and the provisions of article L. 222-1, the Commission du Contrôle de la Réglementation has imposed a financial penalty which has become final,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for attachment of the remuneration of public officials

Article L212-2

…e applicable to the salaries and wages of civil servants and to the pay of officers or similar, non-commissioned officers, military personnel or similar of the army, navy and air force and space force…

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