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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 1018 A

…ed as narcotics pursuant to article L. 235-1 du code de la route ou du 3° des articles 221-6-1, 222-19-1 ou 222-20-1 of the Penal Code, the fixed procedural fees provided for in this article shall be…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R154-2

…ters; 7° References to the external borders of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 are deleted; 8° References to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…onia 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 of 4 March 2016, no. 2016-1537 of 16 Novem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021 transposing Article 2(6) and Articles 17 to 23 of Directive 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related right…

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

Article L532-50

…branches authorised in accordance with I of this Article. III.-The provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and Articles L. 533-2-2 to L. 533-3 and L. 533-4-3 to L. 533-4-8 shall apply to branches aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article L612-12

I. - Without prejudice to Article L. 612-8-1, the full Supervisory Board shall determine the organisational and operational principles, the budget and the internal rules of procedure of the AMF. It sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-8

…3, provided that the net turnover of all these companies together is at least 40 million euros ;2° Main insolvency proceedings opened in respect of a debtor that has an establishment on the territory…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-1

…blishment subject to the provisions of article 1609 nonies C of the General Tax Code on 1st January 1999, if the municipal council of the municipality concerned has voted against the decree drawing up…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R772-2

…icle R. 561-9, the words "in the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words "in mainland France";6° In 3° of Article R. 561-15:a) The first paragraph is replaced by the following:"…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R772-1

…icle R. 561-9, the words "in the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words "in mainland France";6° In 3° of Article R. 561-15:a) The first paragraph is replaced by the following:"…

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