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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
Section 1: Definitions

Article L526-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 526-10, electronic money institutions may carry on a commercial activity other than the issuance and management of electronic money or other than the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers

Article L773-37

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers

Article L774-37

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers

Article L775-31

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities

Article L213-33

The rules governing the issue of profit participation certificates by insurance companies are set out in article L. 322-2-1 of the French Insurance Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-31

The conditions of application of this section, in particular for determining the signature process appropriate to the nature of the document, are specified by the reference systems defined in article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-3

Any plant variety meeting the conditions of article L. 623-2 is defined by a name to which a description and a sample copy kept in a collection correspond.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions.

Article L4212-3

The preparation or supply of allergens, specially prepared for a single individual, without the authorisation mentioned in article L. 4211-6 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Deposit and seizure

Article L512-33

The authorised agents may destroy, sterilise or denature the products mentioned in 1° of article L. 512-29.These operations are recorded and justified in the seizure report.

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