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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-9

…x comptes, under conditions that comply with the provisions of Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014. When they concern statutory auditors who do not carry out engagements with pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-3

…g the charges and resources transferred from the Rhône department, created by Article 38 of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article D221-105

…he distributing establishment, of at least ten legal entities falling under: a)Article 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy; or, b) Financing organisations or cre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to electronic signatures

Article A53-2

…589-3 is an advanced electronic signature, in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment firms and credit institutions providing one or more investment services

Article R532-1

…ulation of the European Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 7 of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014.II. - Where the applicant ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-75

…ssignments for public interest entities referred to in i of Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.Where the statutory auditor has not performed any certification engagement in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-6-1

Where the European Commission takes a decision pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 on the compatibility of recourse t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-4

…to market disruption; d) May not be used for any purpose that is contrary to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse, or to the rules…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 G

…of article 1636 B sexies, the municipal reference rate for property tax on built-up properties for 2021 is equal to the sum of the municipal and departmental rates applied in 2020 in the municipality…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article R5232-21

…and II of article L. 5232-5 available to the public under the conditions defined in article R. 5232-20 is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Failure to comply with the time limit stipulated in article…

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