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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L775-16

…no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-15 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 522-15-1 and L. 522-16 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 522-17 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 522-18 Order no.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1665 bis

Taxpayers shall receive, no later than 1st March of the year in which the tax relating to the previous year's income is settled, an advance payment on the amount of the tax benefits provided for in ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…by decree, the information required for the application of Article 8(3a) of Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Direc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-16

…ng to English subtitling and 45% for each of the other foreign versions, subject to a maximum of :- 16 per minute for a foreign version per work chosen by the company;- €10 per minute for other foreig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…preservation and communication of public archives and subject to the provisions of article R. 1111-16-1. The hosting service contract referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1111-8 contains…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-16

…ursed, or proceed in accordance with articles 389 to 390-1,393 to 397-7,495 to 495-6or 495-7 to 495-16. If the Public Prosecutor of Rennes considers that the request for exoneration or the complaint i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-16

…temporary authorisations to use a veterinary medicinal product as provided for in Articles 110 and 116 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, the content of the dossier submitted in support of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

I. - 1. - Contributions or premiums paid by each member of the tax household are deductible from overall net income, subject to the conditions and limits mentioned in 2:a) to the popular retirement sa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-16

…n-compliance with legal and regulatory texts identified to the bodies referred to in Article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code or shall ensure that they have been informed.Impact on the opinion1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions

Article L312-16

…olution Fund) under the resolution financing scheme for the application of III of article L. 312-5 ;16° The conditions and limits under which the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution may cont…

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