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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15-1

…the investment services provider either electronically or on paper.II. - For the purposes of 1° of III of Article L. 533-13, non-complex financial instruments are as follows:1° Shares admitted to tra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 269

…es and intra-Community acquisitions deemed to have been made pursuant to 1° of V of Article 256 and III of Article 256 bis, at the time when the transaction in which the taxable person is involved is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L752-10

…For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above: 1° This chapter applies to II and III of Article L. 314-2 if the payee's payment service provider and the payer's payment service prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 B

…of services and goods from the first day of the month in which these turnover figures are exceeded.III. - The turnover limit for the exemption provided for in I is set at €47,700:1. For transactions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-4

…restraint measure taken on the basis of article L. 3222-5-1, the provisions of article L. 3211-12-2 III are applied. The First President or his delegate shall rule in accordance with the conditions la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-2

I. - Chapter II, with the exception of article L. 3222-1, and Chapter III of Title II of Book II of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations set out i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-7-1

…n its jurisdiction or from a merger takes place under the conditions defined respectively in II and III of this article. II -A change of jurisdiction corresponds to a reduction or extension of the jur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening and funding of the occupational prevention account

Article R4163-8

…tract the occupational risk factor(s) defined in article D. 4163-2 to which they have been exposed. III -The declaration provided for in I and II of this article is made under the same conditions to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Employer's obligations.

Article L4121-3-1

…risks to the health and safety of workers which it carries out in application of article L. 4121-3. III.The results of this assessment lead to: 1° For companies with fifty or more employees, an annual…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L754-8

…For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above: 1° This chapter applies to II and III of Article L. 314-2 if the payee's payment service provider and the payer's payment service prov…

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