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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R4313-3

…opriation;9° The staffing situation;10° The list of grouping bodies of which the region is a member;11° The list of establishments or services created by the region ;12° The table showing decisions on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-2

…itle I of Book I of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of Articles L. 1111-3-1 to L. 1111-3-6, the second paragraph of Article L. 1111-5 and Section 3, and subject to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-4

…er States of the European Union;10° Any potential acquirer referred to in 1° of Article L. 613-50-7;11° The authorities of third countries performing functions equivalent to the resolution authorities…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-101-14

…account only;3° An aggregated presentation of the results for the last known financial year for the main budget and the local authority's ancillary budgets. This document is attached to the administra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L775-37

…nance no. 2020-1342 of 4 November 2020 L. 562-10 Ordinance no. 2016-1575 of 24 November 2016 L. 562-11 and L. 562-12 Ordinance no. 2020-1342 of 4 November 2020 L. 562-13 to L. 562-15 Order 2016-1575 o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Register of security interests and other related transactions

Article R521-2

…mortgages excluding those relating to ships registered in the register referred to in Article L. 5611-1 of the Transport Code;7° Deeds of attachment on ships excluding those relating to ships registe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L613-40

…ority is subject to confidentiality obligations equivalent to those provided for in Articles L. 612-11, L. 612-17 and L. 613-50-7 with regard to the information it may receive.To this end, the resolut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the solvency margin

Article R385-1

…aid-up share capital or the formation fund. However, preference shares as defined in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Code may only be issued if they meet the conditions laid down by order o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8

Subject to the provisions of article 6, members of sociétés en nom collectif and general partners of sociétés en commandite simple are, where these companies have not opted for the tax regime applicab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10

The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall apply additional customer due diligence measures, over and above the measures provided for in Articles L. 561-5 and L. 561-5-1, when :1° The customer,…

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