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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L773-12

…esulting from L. 517-1 with the exception of its last four paragraphs Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 517-4-3 with the exception of its second paragraph and L. 517-11-1Order 2021-796 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L774-12

…esulting from L. 517-1 with the exception of its last four paragraphs Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 517-4-3 with the exception of its second paragraph and L. 517-11-1Order 2021-796 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Accounting provisions.

Article R511-6

Credit institutions and finance companies are required to close their financial year on 31 December. However, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may authorise them to derogate from t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Consular higher education establishments

Article R711-77

…establishment, or in the association, mentioned in VI of Article 43 of the aforementioned law of 20 December 2014, which created the establishment.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-12

…th the exception of rules applicable to primary production and slaughterhouses ;-Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005, as amended, laying down r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article L3662-1

…al Tax Code;4° (Repealed);5° The tax provided for in 1.2.4 of Article 77 of Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on the finances for 2010;6° Where applicable, the payment calculated under the conditi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-19

…ticle L. 385-7 and the reference to Article R. 355-7 is replaced by the reference to Article R. 385-18.II. - Chapter XII of Title I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 sexvicies

…icle 4 B can benefit from an income tax reduction for the acquisition, from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2022, a new dwelling or a dwelling in a future state of completion or a dwelling that has b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-2

…schemes mentioned in article L. 6327-6 and support schemes mentioned in II ofarticle 23 of law no. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 relating to the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Powers of investigation in public health matters

Article L1544-8-1

…21-2 to L. 1421-3 for the performance of their duties, in the version resulting from Order No 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013 on the harmonisation of criminal and financial penalties relating to health…

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