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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-5

…ces not authorised pursuant to Article L. 532-9 and not falling within the scope of Articles L. 532-20-1 to L. 532-21-3; 2° Operators offering online financial instruments within the meaning of Articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 217 octies

…hose of small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater X

…or more than twenty years and is located in the districts mentioned in II of article 9-1 of Law no. 2003-710 of 1 August 2003 on town planning and urban renewal and in the priority neighbourhoods ment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 sexies

…sixty and ninety minutes.III. - 1. The tax credit, calculated for each financial year, is equal to 20% of the total amount of the following expenditure incurred in France:a) Remuneration paid to auth…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 168

…the next lower unit.7. Pleasure boats with a fixed or outboard engine with a real power of at least 20 hp:- for the first twenty horsepower910 €- per additional horsepower69 €However, power is only co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 1379

…lating to electricity production facilities using mechanical wind energy, this fraction is equal to 20%. For the flat-rate tax on network companies relating to electricity production facilities using…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment services providers

Article L775-23

…ight-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 532-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13

…on the classes of business carried on, in accordance with the following provisions: a) For classes 20 and 21 referred to in Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article D6124-245

The authorisation holder is subject to the obligation of quality assurance defined in I of Article L. 1333-19.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article D6124-236

The authorisation holder shall put in place a formalised organisation describing, depending on the situation, the procedures for the intervention of one or more doctors specialising in anaesthesia and…

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