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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Duties of the Registrar and appeals

Article R521-26

…es not comply with the requirements of articles R. 521-6, R. 521-7, R. 521-13, R. 521-14 and R. 521-19 to R. 521-21 or that the information declared by the applicant does not correspond to the content…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21-2

The statutory auditor who, pursuant to III of article L. 823-18, applying to be authorised to exceed the ceiling on fees provided for in II of the same article shall send the bureau of the High Counci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 duodecies

…1235-3, L. 1235-3-1, L. 1235-11 to L. 1235-13, 7° of Article L. 1237-18-2 and 5° of Article L. 1237-19-1 of the French Labour Code as well as those paid under the measures provided for in 7° of the sa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-24

…in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 has received the agreement referred to in Article L. 356-19 ; d) The undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 has received the agre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article D7231-1

…tions provided for in article L. 1111-6-1 of the Public Health Code and decree no. 99-426 of 27 May 1999 authorising certain categories of persons to perform endo-tracheal suctioning ;4° Driving perso…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of net gains realised on disposals of securities and corporate rights

Article 200 A

…ital gains resulting from contribution transactions carried out between 14 November and 31 December 2012 is determined in accordance with A of IV of Article 10 of Law 2012-1509 of 29 December 2012 on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

The professional activity of obtaining for others the tax benefits provided for in articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B, 199 undecies C, 217 undecies, 217 duodecies, 244 quater W, 244 quater X or 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…ional Health Safety, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, on each: 1° Application for marketing authorisation fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…he Social Security Code; 3° Intermediaries in banking and payment services mentioned in article L. 519-1 when they are acting under a mandate issued by a customer and are entrusted with funds as agent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, shall apply to branches authorised in accordance with I of this Article. III.-The provisions o…

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