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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-10 (art. A212-167)

…at du premier degré. Brevet d'Etat de moniteur. Brevet d'Etat du deuxième degré. Tennis Order of 16 January 1968 State certificate for instructors. Brevet d'Etat du premier degré. State teaching certi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 00Ib: Electronic filing of returns

Article 1649 quater B quater

…the group.For the undertakings mentioned in 1° to 5°, this obligation continues to apply until 31st January of the fourth year following that in which the conditions ceased to be met at the close of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

…in Section B(1) of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011…

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

Article 217 octies

…subscriptions referred to in I must not exceed, per company receiving the payments, the ceiling of €15 million defined in paragraph 149 of the Commission Communication of 22 January 2014 on guidelines…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…by the Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale instituted by Article 1 of Order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 ; bonds issued or guaranteed by a public international body to which one or more Member…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L365-2

…ions in force"; 6° In Article L. 312-2: a) the references to Articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-15, L. 421-16, L. 421-23 and L. 421-24 are deleted; b) the article is supplemented by a paragraph wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5462-8

…e at least one person responsible for ensuring compliance with the regulations, pursuant to Article 15 of that Regulation; 14° For a manufacturer, authorised representative, distributor, importer or u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-1

…of article L. 2131-1, the penultimate paragraph of article L. 2131-4 and articles L. 2131-4-1, L. 2151-5, L. 2151-8 and L. 2151-9;11° Approving the practitioners mentioned in articles L. 1131-3 and L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 978

…L. 5132-7 of the same code; 5° Des ateliers et chantiers d'insertion mentionnés à l'article L. 5132-15 of the said code; 6° Adapted companies mentioned in article L. 5213-13 of the same code; 7° Emplo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R761-5

…1 are not applicable in Mayotte for a period of five years from the publication of Decree No. 2018-1159 of 14 December 2018 taken for the application of Law No. 2018-778 of 10 September 2018 for contr…

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