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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L784-2

…ILaw 2021-402 of 8 April 2021 L. 612-3 Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022L. 612-4 Order no. 2017-1608 of 27 November 2017 L. 612-5 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 L. 612-6 to L. 612-8law no. 2013…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Real estate investment companies and real estate management companies

Article 139 ter

Sont exemchis de la retenue à la source prévue au 2 de Article 119 bis, insofar as they derive from profits exempt from corporation tax pursuant to 3° ter of article 208, dividends and other income di…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-24

…ve the machine being used, as they cannot benefit from the exemption provided for in article R. 221-16 of the Highway Code;Personal safety equipment:- participants must be equipped with an approved he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…I of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2006-1660 of 22 December 2006, no. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, no. 2012-360 of 14 March 2012, no. 2016-273…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-18

…permit bearing the wording "beneficiary of subsidiary protection" provided for in article L. 424-9; 16° A residence permit bearing the wording "retired person" provided for in articles L. 426-8 or L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24-2

…I de l'article R. 632-33 du code de l'éducation or au II des articles D. 633-16 et R. 634-15-1 du même code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

The costs referred to in article L. 1614-1 are compensated by the transfer of State taxes, by the resources of the Fonds de compensation de la fiscalité transférée and, for the balance, by the allocat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Traders.

Article R128-6

…artment;h) Employees of national and local social security bodies mentioned in 3° of Article L. 114-16-3 of the Social Security Code, individually designated and specially authorised by the director o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-18

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article R. 5141-16, for the veterinary medicinal products mentioned in this Article, the dossier attached to the marketing authorisation application is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-17

The report provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 223-19 contains:

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