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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-108

In connection with the management of holdings in companies referred to in 2° and 3° of I of article L. 214-36, an undertaking for collective investment in real estate may enter into asset and liabilit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions

Article L361-1

…icles 3 to 5, 2 of article 8, article 9, 4 of article 10 and 1 of article 12 of the same regulation;2° €75,000 for a natural person and €375,000 for a legal entity, with regard to Article 6, Articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-1-1

…by the third paragraph of Article 132-19 and Article 132-25 of the Criminal Code, as well as by 1°, 2° and 3° of I of Article 464-2, Article 474 and the article 723-15 of this code shall be assessed t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L442-2

…gislation and regulations applicable locally and in compliance with the powers of the collectivity; 2° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 includes a component relating to the histo…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 265 ter

1. The use for carburation, sale or offering for sale for carburation of products whose use and sale for this purpose have not been specially authorised by orders of the Minister for the Budget and th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-25

…packaging throughout the period during which the tobacco product concerned is placed on the market; 2° Prevent it from being replaced, reused or modified in any way whatsoever. III.The Minister respon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-20

…mount of these securities remains below €100 million and that they have not published a prospectus ;2° Securitisation undertakings, if they publicly explain why they do not consider it appropriate to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-2

…set out in Book I of the town planning code as well as public utility easements affecting land use;2° Are compatible with:a) The water quality and quantity objectives defined by the water development…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Bank.

Article R142-22

…following are members of the Payment Security Observatory:1° A Member of Parliament and a Senator ;2° Eight representatives of the administrations concerned:a) One representative of the General Secre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-25

…loyment and Population;c) The correspondent for women's rights and equality ;d) The prison governor;2° Three representatives of the overseas collectivity appointed by the president of the territorial…

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