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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article D211-14

The provisions of articles D. 211-10 to D. 211-13 do not apply to pledges of shares in non-trading property investment companies or shares in forestry savings companies, which remain subject to the pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article D211-13

Where the secured creditor has authorised the pledgor to dispose of the financial securities and sums in any currency which are the subject of the pledge, the pledgor and the secured creditor shall in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-2

The penalties mentioned in Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

Under the conditions set out in this Title, administrative penalties may be imposed on persons who have failed to comply with the obligations resulting for them from: 1° Provisions adopted for the app…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article R421-1

By virtue of 5° of article L. 421-1, the following are punishable by the penalties laid down in article L. 422-1 : 1° The fact, for an operator of a cinema, of setting up a cinema access scheme withou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1-2

I.-The obligation to declare and the obligation to disclose referred to in Articles L. 152-1 and L. 152-1-1 shall not be deemed to have been fulfilled if the information provided is incorrect or incom…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-5

The temporary detention decision referred to in II of article L. 152-4 and in article L. 152-4-1 may be appealed by the person to whom the temporary detention decision is notified and, if this is a di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-2

Individuals, associations and non-commercial companies domiciled or established in France are subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article 1649 A of the General Tax Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-3

Credit institutions, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and the bodies and services referred to in article L. 518-1 must provide the tax and customs authorities, at their request, wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-4

I. - Failure to comply with the reporting obligations set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 and in Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on co…

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