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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L217-1

…pply to goods. The conditions for rescinding these contracts are however governed by article L. 217-16.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Permanent resident card

Article L426-4

…iry of the resident card provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10, L. 423-11, L. 423-12, L. 423-16, L. 424-1, L. 424-3, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-1, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 426-6, L. 4…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-27

…oard of Directors may delegate some of its powers to the Executive Committee, with the exception of decisions relating to the adoption of the budget and the administrative account in application of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-2

…s, relating to the underlying element of financial futures instruments, the list of which is set by decree, when they are linked to the provision of investment services or related services; 8. The cre…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

…ication for classification within the meaning of article L. 133-13 of this code was submitted by 31 December 2017 at the latest and declared complete by the prefecture by 30 April 2018 at the latest,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…eaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Tax credit for the purchase of a company's capital

Article 220 nonies

…ively for the purpose of repurchasing all or part of the capital of a company, carried out until 31 December 2022 under the conditions mentioned in II, may benefit from a tax credit.For each financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-2

…in another language customary in financial matters.The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 shall not apply, in connection with the use of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-92

…le 145 of the General Tax Code. The last paragraph of article 1 and the second paragraph of article 16 of the aforementioned law n° 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 do not apply to local savings companies…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2631-1

…aint-Martin :1° In article R. 2122-1, references to articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Construction and Housing Code are replaced by references to loc…

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