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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Issuing and managing electronic money

Article D315-2

The ceilings set in application of article L. 315-9 are as follows: 1° The maximum monetary value stored in electronic form and usable by means of a physical medium is set at 10,000 euros ; 2° The max…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary duty-free import and export of articles for the personal use of travellers.

Article 196 ter

1. Travellers who are going to stay temporarily outside the customs territory may temporarily export free of exit duties and taxes the articles they take with them which are exclusively for their pers…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary duty-free import and export of articles for the personal use of travellers.

Article 196 bis

1. Travellers who come to stay temporarily in the customs territory may import, with temporary exemption from the duties and taxes payable on entry, articles intended exclusively for their personal us…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-119

If the investigating judge considers, when his investigation appears to be complete, that he is likely to apply the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code relating to a person's lack of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-17

…premiums in the same category with the same mathematical provision. For the contracts mentioned in 1° of Article L. 143-1, whether or not they have been underwritten by an insurance company within th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-16

I. - The charges transferred by the region, the amount of which is set under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 5217-14 and L. 5217-15, are compensated for by the payment, each year, by the re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L752-14

…June 2017 L. 322-2 to L. 322-10 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For the application of I: 1° In Article L. 322-2, the references to Articles L. 312-18, L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 are deleted; 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L753-14

…June 2017 L. 322-2 to L. 322-10 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For the application of I: 1° In Article L. 322-2, the references to Articles L. 312-18, L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 are deleted; 2…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 621-7

…ng production costs, corresponding to work carried out in France by companies established in France:1° Digital visual effects costs;2° Costs relating to the overall additional cost of producing the wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-7

…the emergency department of a health care establishment includes at least, depending on the case : 1° A nurse with professional experience in a psychiatric facility ; 2° A nurse belonging to an estab…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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