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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R742-13

…203-9n° 2016-1587 of 24 November 2016R. 214-204n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-205n° 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020R. 214-206n° 2019-1172 of 14 November 2019R. 214-206-1n° 2016-1587 of 24 November 2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-14

…ion measure provided for by this article. Subject to the procedures provided for in Articles L. 521-17-1 and L. 521-17-2, the detention measure shall be lifted ipso jure if the applicant fails, within…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-21

…R. 222-17, R. 222-18 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-33

…proceedings, or the committees of enquiry set up pursuant to Article 6 of Ordinance No. 58-1100 of 17 November 1958 on the functioning of parliamentary assemblies.Credit institutions and finance comp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-13

…European Economic Area, or a pledge of securities meeting the conditions set out in article R. 332-17, up to a limit of 75% of the nominal amount of the said securities. Companies included in the sam…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-33

…lling within the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market may complete by electronic means all the procedures…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L137-1

…roviders of electronic communications services within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code, providers of online marketpl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93 B

…paragraph. If the company repurchases the securities, the shareholders present in the company on 31 December of the tax year are taxed on the basis of the profit made by the company during the tax yea…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions relating to group insurance.

Article L141-6

…thin the meaning of article L. 141-1, other than those governed by Title I of law no. 89-1009 of 31 December 1989 strengthening the guarantees offered to persons insured against certain risks, and for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1

…article R. 321-1, as amended on the date of publication of the amending finance law 2013-1279 of 29 December 2013, and taken out with a company mentioned in article L. 310-2. The amount of the contrib…

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