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

Article R561-36-2

When, pursuant to Article L. 561-29-2, TRACFIN sends a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15 to a counterpart financial intelligence unit in a Member State, it uses a protected communicatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Regional public vocational training service

Article D6121-11

…s of the person's place of residence. The financing of the individual training aids provided for in 2° of article L. 6121-1 falls within the remit of the person's region of residence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status

Article R5211-12

…s are those defined in article R. 2334-3-2, as understood for the application of article L. 2334-7; 2° The deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation adopts the dist…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2

…2-4, the contract includes 1° The surname, first names and date of birth of the insured person(s) ; 2° The event or date on which the guaranteed capital or annuity falls due; 3° The deadlines and term…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article D752-24

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-2

…1° Net income plus retained earnings plus or minus the balance of the income equalisation account;2° Realised capital gains, net of costs, less realised capital losses, net of costs, recorded during…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Manufacture, packaging and importation of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-2

…ame or corporate name, address and legal nature of the company to which the establishment belongs ; 2° The address of the establishment in France and the exact nature of the planned activity; 3° The n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-2

Only the following may issue savings bonds1° Credit institutions ;2° Natural persons and companies that operate as traders and have drawn up the balance sheet for their first financial year.Savings bo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Signing the contract

Article R2182-2

…equired: 1° Where the contract is awarded solely to the operator who took part in the consultation; 2° For the award of subsequent contracts based on a framework agreement or specific contracts based…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-2

The authorisation to take tissue samples for therapeutic purposes from a deceased person is issued, suspended or withdrawn under the same conditions as those laid down in article R. 1233-2 and article…

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