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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-2

…are acting; 5° For any person other than those mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 341-15 engaging in the activity of banking or financial canvassing, receiving cash, digital assets, nego…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1825 A

…he Highway Code ;d. Either been convicted under articles 222-8, 222-10, 222-12, 222-13, 222-14, 227-15 or 227-16 of the Penal Code or a measure withdrawing parental authority pursuant to Articles 378…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-3

…nes with 7,500 to 9,999 inhabitants; - communes with 10,000 to 14,999 inhabitants ; - communes with 15,000 to 19,999 inhabitants; - communes with 20,000 to 34,999 inhabitants; - communes with 35,000 t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

…conditions of leases of more than eighteen years; 13° loans; 14° the agency's internal regulations; 15° Acceptance and refusal of gifts and legacies; 16° Legal actions and settlements; 17° public trib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the use of currency.

Article D112-3

…ng in the course of a business and is paying a debt to a person referred to in article L. 561-2, to 15,000 euros for payments made in cash or by electronic money. II. - The amount referred to in IIa o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the French Polynesia Local Finance Committee.

Article R2573-36

…the mayors and deputy mayors and, where applicable, the deputy mayors mentioned in articles L. 2113-15 and L. 2113-19 applicable in French Polynesia.The voting procedures are specified by order of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1-1

…quires it to do so, either provisionally or definitively. Failing this, after a formal notice has remained without effect for a period of one month from its notification, the territorially competent r…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-2

…3° Household linen; 4° Objects and products necessary for personal care and maintenance of the premises; 5° Foodstuffs; 6° Household objects necessary for the preservation, pre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-53-1

…iod set in application of 4° bis of article 41-2.The provisions of the last paragraph of article R. 15-33-53 are applicable.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-3

The line managers likely to issue the authorisations mentioned in I of article 15-4 are: 1° For the national police, the directors of the territorial services of the national police, the directors of…

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