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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L774-9

…513-4 with the exception of 1 of I, L. 513-6 to L. 513-11 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-12 to L. 513-14 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-15 to L. 513-17 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-8

…L. 513-4 with the exception of I.1, L. 513-6 to L. 513-11 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-12 to L. 513-14 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-15 to L. 513-17 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 J…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-7

…the processing of declarations and requests for authorisation is harmonised throughout the country; 12° Decides on the implementation of the procedure provided for in Article R. 123-15, in accordance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-16

…the delegate pharmacist(s) of the companies or organisations mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 5124-2 must provide evidence of at least two years' practical experience in one or more establishment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-1

…pecial technical reversal provision are recorded in the balance sheet referred to in Article R. 441-12 at their realisable value, determined in accordance with Articles R. 343-11 and R. 343-12. The di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-57

…8° Inspecting notaries appointed under the conditions set out in article 5 of decree no. 74-737 of 12 August 1974 relating to inspections of notaries' offices, as well as departmental and interdepart…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2441-1

…ply. B.-In article R. 2131-2: 1° In I, the words: "mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 2122-1 or, failing that, during another medical consultation" are replaced by the words: "or during a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…m the production company or companies certifying that the preferential claims listed in article L. 312-2 of the Code du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée and arising from the production of previous cinemato…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-11

…in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is renewed from that date without any significant change in the paymen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater

…g, a single energy audit gives entitlement to the tax credit;m) Expenditure paid, between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020, for the removal of an oil tank.n) Expenditure, paid between 1 January 202…

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