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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains realised by companies

Article 248 E

…a company and are exchanged as part of the transactions referred to in 1° of l'article 5 de la loi n° 86-793 du 2 juillet 1986 ou au titre IV de la loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 modifiée, la pl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-22

…by the FIA whenever this proportion reaches or falls below the thresholds of 10%, 20%, 30%, 50% and 75%. I of article L. 214-24-21 applies to an AIF or its management company which acquires, without c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-24

…ction 01. Pursuant to the provisions of article L. 823-13 of the French Commercial Code and Article 7 of the profession's Code of Ethics, the statutory auditor may call on the services of an expert of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-24

…s offer is accompanied by the European standardised information sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7 when its characteristics differ from the information contained in the information sheet supplied p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-24

…under the conditions laid down respectively in Articles 13, 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Formation of the credit agreement

Article R313-24

…rance contract provided for in Article L. 313-30 after the loan offer referred to in Article L. 313-24, the borrower sends the loan offer issued or the credit agreement to the insurer of his choice, o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Manual money changers

Article L773-24

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 524-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 524-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 524-3 Order…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Manual money changers

Article L774-24

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 524-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 524-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 524-3 Order…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-24

…failure to comply with his tax obligations, under the conditions set out in I and II of article L. 273 B of the Book of Tax Procedures, or serious and repeated failure to comply with the collection of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-24

…d, they shall refer, where appropriate, to the list of own-fund items referred to in Articles 69 to 79 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. Where a capital item does…

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