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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

…o Articles 16 or 25 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

…ns or which require the use of products presenting a particular danger in breach of article L. 6211-23; 5° The performance, by a medical biology laboratory, of medically assisted procreation activitie…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-2-1

…on number, as well as, where applicable, whether or not the furnished accommodation constitutes the main residence of the lessor within the meaning of article 2 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-9

…d financial holding companies are also subject to Articles L. 571-4, L. 612-20 to L. 612-21, L. 612-23-1, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 to L. 612-35, L. 612-39, L. 612-40, L. 613-24 as well as to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-4

…° Holds the debt assignment slips referred to in 2° of V of Article L. 214-169 or in Article L. 313-23, keeps the register of debts assigned by this means, verifies the existence of these same debts o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-5-2

…qualified electronic seal based on a qualified certificate or use a qualified electronic registered mail service including the identity of the signatory or the creator of the seal and issued by a qual…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies C

…ipment, acquired when new, allowing the use of hydrogen or any other decarbonised propulsion as the main propulsive energy or for the production of electrical energy intended for the main propulsion o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…roduct intended for a limited market and which is the subject of the dossier referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on ve…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-4 (art. R122-6)

…ement of the amount of the share capital and the statements referred to in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237 of the French Commercial Code. Article 4 The registered office is set at Article 5 The durati…

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