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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-2

…lso include unrealised capital gains; 2° By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 232-12 of the French Commercial Code, prior certification of the accounts by the statutory auditor is no…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-5

…for in Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1077

All deeds, documents and papers whatsoever, to be provided for the execution of the law of 25 February 1914, amending the law of 29 June 1894 and creating an autonomous pension fund for miners, are ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-2

…016. As from the entry into force of the decree mentioned in I of Article 3 of Order No. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017 or by 1 January 2019 at the latest, Article L. 1111-8 shall apply to Wallis and Futu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter

…y by a monetary transaction account.b. With regard to foreign source income referred to in articles 120 to 125, the deduction is limited to the amount of the credit corresponding to the tax withheld a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-2

The award of financial aid for the writing, pre-production, production of immersive works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-10

…ithin the meaning of paragraph 18 of Article 2 and paragraph 6 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan-European individual reti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: ASYLUM AT THE BORDER

Article L350-1

In accordance with article L. 223-1, the provisions of articles L. 572-1, are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: CONDITIONS OF RECEPTION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L550-1

The reception conditions, within the meaning of Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of persons seeking internatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-11

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4311-2, the profession of nurse may be practised by persons who hold : 1° One of the certificates issued in application of the decree of 27 June 1922 estab…

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