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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 724

I. - Treaties or agreements having as their object the transfer for valuable consideration of an office are subject to a registration duty determined in accordance with the tariff provided for in Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-34

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-40

…2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 571-3 order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 571-4 Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 571-5 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 571-6 to L. 571-9 Order…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-1

…pening of secondary insolvency proceedings made by the debtor or the insolvency practitioner of the main insolvency proceedings: 1° A copy of the decision to open the main insolvency proceedings by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company.

Article R6223-69

A member may cease his professional activity within the company, provided that he notifies the company by any means that can be proven to have been received. He shall comply with the time limit set by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D142

…end, the judge may issue a warrant to bring in or arrest pursuant to the provisions of article 712-17. The decisions provided for in the third paragraph may be taken both by the sentence enforcement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…133-8.IV. - When the Payment Service User provides the information provided for in Article L. 133-17, the Payment Service Provider may only invoice any replacement costs directly attributable to tha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-1

…ndamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in accordance with articles 122 and 123 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978. The decision to communicate information to a foreign financial intelligence un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Refusal, suspension and withdrawal of modelling agency licences

Article R7123-14

…he exercise of the activity of modelling agency set out in Articles L. 7123-14, L. 7123-15, L. 7123-17, L. 7123-19 and L. 7123-22, are not or are no longer complied with. It is withdrawn if the provis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-9

…volving data from the national health data system, in particular those mentioned in Article R. 1461-17 ; 4° The information provided for in II of Article L. 1461-3. The Caisse nationale de l'assurance…

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