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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishments providing sailing instruction

Article A322-69

…surfing, where only an isothermal garment must be worn as soon as the water temperature falls below 18 degrees. However, over the age of sixteen, the obligation to wear a life jacket or an isothermal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-17

…are not required to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18 and L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 with regard to transactions concluded on the regulated m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

…cle L. 561-2, for the performance of a statutory mission. In the case of the persons referred to in 18° of Article L. 561-2, the concept of a business relationship means the relationship that is estab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I A: Observatory of prices, margins and incomes in overseas France

Article L910-1 C

…onsular chambers, employers' and employees' unions, the establishment referred to in Article L. 721-18 of the Monetary and Financial Code and individuals qualified by virtue of their expertise or know…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 sexies

I. - In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on built-up properties sold from 18 September 2013 until 31 December 2016 by a public entity to unlawful occupants of buildings used as their main dwelli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-66

I. - The provisions of articles R. 214-32-18 to R. 214-32-21, R. 214-32-29, R. 214-32-32 to R. 214-32-36, R. 214-32-38 to R. 214-32-40 and R. 214-32-42 do not apply to local investment funds.II. - The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Risk assessment

Article R4444-5

…articularly sensitive to this risk, in particular pregnant women and young workers under the age of 18; 4° Any indirect impact on the safety of workers resulting from interactions between mechanical v…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…rd-country undertaking to which it belongs is authorised to provide. II.Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-18, L. 421-10, L. 424-1 to L. 424-8, L. 425-1 to L. 425-8, L. 533-2, L. 533-9, L. 533-10, L. 533-10-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Recovery methods

Article R412-33

…u paragraphe 1 de l'article 15, du paragraphe 1 de l'article 17, des paragraphes 1 à 4 de l'article 18, de l'article 19, des paragraphes 1 et 2 de l'article 20, Article 23(1) to (4), Article 24(1) and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article R774-4

…2022R. 513-15n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 513-16n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-17 and R. 513-18n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 513-19 and R. 513-20n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-21n° 2014-1…

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