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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

For the purposes of this chapter, the notion of business relationship means the professional or commercial relationship with the customer and includes, where applicable, the beneficial owner. In the c…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article R15-17

The status of judicial police officer is granted by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior to peacekeepers who, pursuant to the article 20 (4° and 5°), have passed a t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Due diligence on the part of project owners and principals

Article R1263-14

The declaration by the project owner or principal referred to in article R. 1263-13, the model for which is set by order of the Minister for Employment, includes the following information:1° The name…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-1

No person may be entitled to practise the profession of commercial court clerk unless he or she meets the following conditions:1° Be French or a national of another Member State of the European Union…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators and revision of the list.

Article R811-31

The application for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the secretary of the commission. It shall be accomp…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applying for leave as part of a career transition project

Article R6323-10-1

I.-The employer may defer the granting of the career transition leave requested by an employee: 1° When it considers that the absence of the person concerned could have consequences prejudicial to the…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L361-2

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° Unless otherwise provided, references to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the Eu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170

1. With a view to calculating income tax, any person liable to that tax is required to complete and send to the administration a detailed declaration of their income and profits, their family expenses…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-1

Any producer who, in his capacity as line producer, has taken the initiative and financial, artistic and technical responsibility for the production of an audiovisual work in the genres of fiction, an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-6

I. - Société du Grand Paris may award an overall contract to an economic operator for all or part of the design, construction and development of the infrastructure of the Greater Paris public transpor…

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