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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-30

I. - Electronic money institutions are required to comply with articles L. 522-14 to L. 522-18 when they provide payment services within the meaning of 1° of article L. 526-2. II. - Electronic money i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-1

…its for third-country nationals and its annex, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 380/2008 of 18 April 2008. It includes the information listed in A of II of the

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-1

…vember 2020 R. 713-3 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 Article R. 713-4 Decree no. 2019-1333 of 11 December 2019 Articles R. 713-5 to R. 713-11 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 2…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article L122-12

…ithstanding the provisions of article L. 122-2, local semi-public sports companies formed before 29 December 1999 may retain their previous legal status. The provisions of articles L. 122-3, L. 122-5,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-38

…s of national framework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C (2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020, C (2020) 3532, on the basis of scheme no.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Traffic

Article 466

…subject to the obligations laid down in Articles 8 to 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and are liable to the same duties as wines at the rate of one hectolitre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Temporary secondment to a post of university hospital practitioner.

Article R6152-60

…ppointed as university hospital practitioners, pursuant to article 82 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff at university hospitals, are simultaneously ap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 quater D

…roduced for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region.The proceeds of this tax are decided, before 31 December each year, for the following year, up to a ceiling of 80 million euros, by the Ile-de-Franc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 G

…of this tax is set annually at the amount provided for in I of Article 46 of Law n° 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.The proceeds mentioned in the second paragraph of this articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-11

…a special payment instrument, which is not subject to the provisions of articles L. 312-4 to L. 312-18 of the Monetary and Financial Code, must open a bank or post office account into which the funds…

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