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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-32

The categories of offences for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° of article 694-31 are as follows:

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-B

…inanciers may refer the matter to the European Securities and Markets Authority pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to group preventive recovery plans

Article L613-37-1

…orities concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority on the basis of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-4

…article L. 162-23-4 of the same code;5° A change in the allocations mentioned in article L. 162-22-19 of the same code.II -Where it appears that changes in the institution's actual activity or the le…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L930-1

…to L. 522-40, L. 524-12, L. 524-20 and L. 524-21; 6° Book VI, with the exception of articles L. 622-19, L. 625-9 and L. 670-1 to L. 670-8 ; 7° Title II of Book VII, with the exception of articles L. 7…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts and treatment of overindebtedness

Article L721-24

…e L. 511-7 and in Articles L. 521-3, L. 522-6, L. 522-11-1, L. 525-4, L. 525-5, L. 526-7 and L. 526-19, payment institutions, investment firms, undertakings for collective investment in transferable s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…nnement ;17° Institut de recherche pour le développement ;18° L'Agence nationale de santé publique ;19° Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement;20° The French Research Inst…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Duties of the Registrar and appeals

Article R521-26

…es not comply with the requirements of articles R. 521-6, R. 521-7, R. 521-13, R. 521-14 and R. 521-19 to R. 521-21 or that the information declared by the applicant does not correspond to the content…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21-2

The statutory auditor who, pursuant to III of article L. 823-18, applying to be authorised to exceed the ceiling on fees provided for in II of the same article shall send the bureau of the High Counci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 duodecies

…1235-3, L. 1235-3-1, L. 1235-11 to L. 1235-13, 7° of Article L. 1237-18-2 and 5° of Article L. 1237-19-1 of the French Labour Code as well as those paid under the measures provided for in 7° of the sa…

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