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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B octies

…he amount previously paid under I of D of article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998), the compensation provided for in B of article 26 of the Finance Act for 2003 (no. 20…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-7

…raph of I applies to group insurance contracts and subscriptions concluded or made no later than 20 December 2012 and to these contracts and subscriptions tacitly renewed after this date. The derogati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704

…aire et financier ; 4° Délits prévus par le Section II of Chapter Va of Ordinance no. 58-1270 of 22 December 1958 concerning the organic law on the status of the judiciary. The public prosecutor, afte…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis WA

…antity not exceeding that provided for in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3703/85 of 23 December 1985 laying down detailed implementing rules concerning the common marketing standards for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

…se listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018; 2° If expressly requested by the issuing company or its authorised repr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-5

…013 L. 313-12-2 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-13 article 209 of law no. 2020-1721 of 29 December 2020 L. 313-14 and L. 313-15 Act no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-16 law no. 2005-845 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-15

…der no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-3-1 Act no. 2018-727 of 10 August 2018 L. 521-3-2 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 521-4 Order no. 2009-866 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…1121-5 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-6 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-7 Law no. 2019-180 of 8 March 2019 L. 1121-8 Order no. 2020-232 of 11 March 2020 L. 1121-8-1 Order no. 2016-80…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…ster of companies, up to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012. The portion of the fees collected by the Institute for the maintenance in fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

…ons of this article will cease to apply to shares subscribed after 30 June 1964 or paid up after 31 December 1965. In addition, the subscription of shares in sociétés immobilières conventionnées incor…

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