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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-24

…te and Saint-Martin and which is authorised to provide investment services pursuant to Article L. 532-1, which wishes to carry on business in the territory of another Member State of the European Unio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L532-27

A decree shall determine the conditions under which the information provided for in Articles L. 532-23 to L. 532-25-1 shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-23

…te and Saint-Martin and which is authorised to provide investment services pursuant to Article L. 532-1 that wishes to establish a branch in another Member State of the European Union or a State party…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4251-2

…ister for Health, after consulting the commission of medical physicists provided for in article R. 4251-6, will issue the authorisation to practise referred to in article L. 4251-5, on the basis of an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

…1° Sums paid for cash subscriptions to the capital of innovative small or medium-sized enterprises;2° Sums paid for cash subscriptions to units or shares in venture capital mutual funds, professional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-2

…or the user company is liable to an administrative fine, under the conditions set out in article L. 1264-3 : 1° In the event of failure to comply with one of the obligations mentioned in I of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-2

…ding area. Pyrotechnic substances are included in this definition, even if they do not release gas; 2° "Pyrotechnic substance or mixture" means any substance or mixture of substances intended to produ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…al activities or used by associations or private bodies whether or not pursuing a profit-making aim;2° For commercial premises, which means premises intended for the exercise of a retail or wholesale…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-20

I. - The new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 benefit from the flat-rate allocation provided for in articles L. 2334-7 to L. 2334-12.II. - In the first year of the creation of the new commune,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Equalisation of tax resources

Article R3335-2

For the application of Article L. 3335-2: 1° The amount of transfer duties for valuable consideration corresponds to all the duties collected by the départements, taking into account any revenue reco…

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