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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIa: Redemption premiums and capitalised interest

Article 238 septies B

…this purpose.7. The provisions of this article cease to apply to securities or rights issued from 1 January 1993 and held by taxpayers other than those mentioned in V of article 238 septies E.V. - Wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-24

…provided for in the same paragraph. II.Subject to the provisions ofarticle 44 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, it is forbidden, under penalty of the sanctions provided for in article L. 574-1, for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…s contrats de garantie souscrits auprès des entreprises d'assurances en application de l'article L. 214-174 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 Marc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quater

…of assets and liabilities referred to in article 1844-5 of the Civil Code carried out on or after 1 January 2010, the turnover to be used for the application of I of this article is equal to the sum o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expression of wishes relating to the end of life

Article R1111-19

…for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, as part of the tasks entrusted to it by Decree no. 2016-5 of 5 January 2016, draws up information documents relating to the possibility of drawing up advance direc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-2

…6 July 2005 L. 131-36 to L. 131-44 law no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-45 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 131-46 to L. 131-63 Act no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-64 Order no. 2019-964 of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 5-2 (Annex to Article A526-3)

Article Annexe I

…f the property concerned is real estate. (5) For items that were already allocated or acquired on 1 January: the value is that recorded in the descriptive statement or in the update statement for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Associate assistants.

Article D6152-539-4

…e development of networking between the establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service and the cooperation init…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-22

…actions, and to take the decisions referred to in III of Article L. 1618-2 and in a of article L. 2221-5-1, subject to the provisions of c of this same article, and to pass the necessary acts to this…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services by undertakings governed by the Insurance Code, the Mutual Insurance Code and the Social Security Code

Article R321-32

…on business under the freedom to provide services, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 321-11, shall notify its plans to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, together with…

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