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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-43

…r wording resulting from L. 574-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 574-2 Ordinance no. 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 L. 574-3 Ordinance no. 2020-1342 of 4 November 2020 L. 574-4 to L. 574-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-17

…tracts and securitisation vehicles, calculated in accordance with Article L. 351-2, as at 1 January 2016; andb) Technical provisions after deduction of receivables arising from reinsurance contracts,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…Order 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 561-2-1 Order 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-2-2 Order 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 L. 561-2-3 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 561-3 with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension of employment

Article R6152-814

…no. 2004-806 of 9 August 2004 relating to public health policy, as amended byarticle 141 of law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 relating to the modernisation of our healthcare system, to bring the maxi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-6

…20 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017 ;b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 duodecies

The provisions of articles 238 decies et 238 undecies are applicable to contributions and exchanges made after the promulgation of the Land Orientation Law n° 67-1253 of 30 December 1967.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND REGIONS TO THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article L7331-3

…These acts and deliberations remain applicable, within the scope that was theirs before 1 January 2016, until they are replaced, for those that are regulatory in nature, by new acts and deliberation…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-43-2

The provisions of Articles 1 to 19 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and its annexes constitute the i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

…weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017 ;b) No later than 24 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-16

…ferred to in the first paragraph decreases linearly at the end of each year, from 100% at 1 January 2016 to 0% at 1 January 2032.When insurance and reinsurance undertakings apply the volatility adjust…

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