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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…he Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, shall apply to branches authorised in accordance with I of this Article. III.-The provisions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-3

…the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to D. 6122-44-1. The documents in the supporting file provided for in article R. 6122-32 are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-2

…projection of fragments, thermal, toxic or telluric, occurring as a result of a pyrotechnic event; 12° "Domino effect" means any pyrotechnic event occurring in one or more installations, the effects…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK III

Article

…11° The contracts of the author(s), scriptwriter(s), writer-director(s) and technical director(s); 12° A detailed production estimate showing: a) Expenditure for which the taxes and charges are locat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies

…by the business and machines intended for intensive computing acquired on an integrated basis, from 12 April 2016 until 14 April 2017. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this I, the deduction appl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Z septies

…the following conditions: 1° have fewer than two hundred and fifty employees; 2° Have an annual turnover not exceeding 50 million euros or a balance sheet total not exceeding 43 million euros. For th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to 1° of II of article L. 612-1. III. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall verify whether the undertaki…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017 on the hosting of personal health data.Articles L. 1111-8-1 and L. 1111-26 are appli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…departmental fire and rescue services.In 2006, this endowment is fourthly topped up by an amount of 12 million euros, distributed between the departments according to the terms and conditions set out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9

…ue has been submitted;2° Public offers of shares referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 512-1 of this Code or inArticle 11 of Law No. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperati…

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