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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…ght-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 561-1 Order 2009-104 of 30 January 2009 L. 561-2 with the exception of its 1° quater, 6° bis, 9° bis only for ga…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L773-5

…d column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 511-35 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 511-36 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-37 Order 2017-110…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies G

I.-Small and medium-sized non-road diesel retail businesses that, as at 1 January 2020, do not have facilities for storing and distributing diesel that is not coloured and traced, subject to corporati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

…e-du-Sud et de la Haute-Corse, dans les conditions définies aux II and III of Article 52 of Law no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 on the finances for 2005, in the article 59 of finance law no. 2003-13…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-16

…966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 of the same law they may contain, concerning respectively the distribution of shares, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous benefits

Article A743-14

…Description of service Fee 138 Judicial escrow: a) Amount of the sum entered in the deed less than €20,800 15.61 € b) Amount of the sum entered in the deed greater than or equal to €20,800 69.11 € 139…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L114-16

…no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, law no. 84-16 of 11th January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil service and law no. 84-53 of 26…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-2

…orial Authorities. The Corsican regional authority replaces the tourist offices and agency from 1st January 2003, unless the Assembly of Corsica decides otherwise. The territorial collectivity of Cors…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 187

…at 15% for income referred to in 1° of article 118 and relating to securities issued on or after 1 January 1965 as well as for redemption lots and premiums referred to in 2° of article 118 and relati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L2573-44

…e L. 2331-9, the reference: "2°" is replaced by the reference: "1°" and the dates: "1997" and: "1st January 1996" respectively by the dates: "2009" and "1st January 2008".VI. - For the application of…

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