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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative finance intermediaries

Article L773-38

…1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 548-3 and L. 548-4 Order no. 2014-559 of 30 May 2014 L. 548-5 Order no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 548-6Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 II.For the application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative finance intermediaries

Article L774-38

…1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 548-3 and L. 548-4 Order no. 2014-559 of 30 May 2014 L. 548-5 Order no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 548-6Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 II.For the application of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article R531-1

…t that a holder of goods has failed to keep a sample left in his custody pursuant to article R. 512-15 or having altered its condition is punishable by the penalty laid down for 5th class offences. Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-17-1-1

Any failure by the external valuation experts referred to in article L. 214-24-15 to comply with the laws, regulations and professional obligations applicable to them is subject to sanctions imposed b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 E

…ration slip requested;b) 30 € per descriptive statements of division or co-ownership regulations;c) 15 € for the copy of a document other than those mentioned in a and b;2° Where the applicant does no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-20

…rative registration number by which the beneficiary of the authorisations mentioned in I of Article 15-4 is identified in the procedural documents that it draws up or in which it is cited is defined b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Appraisal of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-16

The staff report proposals and the ratings provided for in Article R. 15-33-15 are drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They include a detailed general asse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D1432-21

…mpediment, appoints for this purpose from among the members mentioned in 1° of I of article D. 1432-15. The Board elects a Vice-Chairman from among the members mentioned in 2° of I of article D. 1432-…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…h of II of article L. 2334-7 of the General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016, from the additional allocation or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 E

…communes located on the territory of the Greater Paris metropolis that were members on 1 January 2015 of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system, the reference r…

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