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French General Tax CodeIn force
19°: Urban development zones

Article 148

…for current risks, when this obligation is imposed on the aforementioned companies, either by local laws or by the clauses of their reinsurance treaties which require them to participate, to the exten…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L366-1

…L. 343-11 In Title V L. 350-1 L. 351-1 to L. 352-3 L. 352-4 to L. 352-6 Application by operation of law L. 352-7 and L. 352-8 L. 352-9 Application by operation of law

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-6

…o 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and the acceptance and enforcement of authentic instru…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

…L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-8

…cal staff working directly on research projects.The Agency also employs contract staff under public law, with whom it may enter into fixed-term or open-ended contracts.The Agency may employ contract s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 D

The capital gains that may arise from a transaction referred to in article 48 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production are taxable in the name of the socié…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-21

…n Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area responsible, in accordance with the law of that State, for authorising or supervising electronic money institutions which have their hea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-4

…eferred to in Article L. 561-2 and any other legal entity constituted or established under national law or carrying out an operation on national territory as part of its business, in particular : a) P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-1

…II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system, subject to the fol…

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

Article R422-29

In the case provided for in section 19, third paragraph, of the law of 29 November 1966, the price of the shares is determined, in the absence of agreement between the parties, in accordance with the…

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