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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-2

Credit institutions and finance companies may also, under conditions defined by the Minister for the Economy, acquire and hold equity interests after prior authorisation from the Autorité de contrôle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article L3334-16-1

…to the running and equipment of collèges with binational or international sections and the collège de Font-Romeu is included in the general decentralisation allocation of the départements to which th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-31

…central bodies represent the credit institutions and finance companies affiliated to them in their dealings with the Banque de France and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. They ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1-5

…Welfare Fund is responsible for collecting the contributions mentioned in 2° to 4° of I of Article L. 6131-1 and, where applicable, from 1 January 2024, those mentioned in 5° of the same I, as well a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-13

The provisions of articles L. 144-11 and L. 144-12 do not apply to leasing transactions relating to goodwill or craft businesses mentioned in 3° of l'article 1er de la loi n° 66-455 du 2 juillet 1966…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L753-16

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-85

The Banque de France shall inform the institutions and persons on which cheques may be drawn, finance companies, the organisations mentioned in Article L. 511-6, electronic money institutions, payment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-22

…The territorial collectivity of Corsica benefits from the following tax resources:1° The taxes provided for in Article 575 E bis, in I of Article 1586 and in Article 1599 bis of the General Tax Code;2…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-23

…tion of digital projection equipment, selective financial aid from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée is subject to programming commitments controlled by the Chairman of the Centre nat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-6

I. - The Banque de France is authorised to obtain information from credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, participative finance intermediaries, the undertakings referre…

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