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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-179

…isation company are not taken into account for the application of the provisions of Articles L. 225-21, L. 225-77 and L. 225-94-1 of the French Commercial Code;4° The board of directors or the managem…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune

Article L2573-3

I.-The articles L. 2113-1 to L. 2113-19, the articles L. 2113-21 to L. 2113-25 and the second paragraph of article L. 2113-26, as they read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-5

…26 July 2013 L. 313-12-2 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-13 article 209 of law no. 2020-1721 of 29 December 2020 L. 313-14 and L. 313-15 Act no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-16 law no. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-16

…mmittee, where applicable in the light of the documents in the file provided for in article R. 1261-21, if he considers that the ethical and conservation guarantees have not been met. The decision of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-46

…ent et des produits de santé.The application must include the information specified in Article R. 5121-21 and must be accompanied by a dossier comprising :1° A copy of the marketing authorisation, cer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 octies : Activities created in defence restructuring zones

Article 44 terdecies

…ayers who create activities during a period of six years starting on the date of publication of the decree provided for in the last paragraph of the same 3 ter or, if this second date is later, on 1 J…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

I. - Taxpayers who create activities between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2023 in the employment areas to be redynamised defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on region…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…rch 2020. Article L. 1111-7 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.Article L. 1111-8 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-7-1

…pursuant to article L. 3334-7-1 as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003), increased by 95% of the amount of the general decentralisation allowance due to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…entioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxation system for their results and that…

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