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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

…pital in an undertaking over which a significant influence is effectively exercised; 11° "Regulated market" means one of the following markets: a) in the case of a market located in a Member State, a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-4 (art. A212-49)

…local professional and institutional networks OI 12 CE Formalise the elements of an action plan OI 121 CE Involve volunteers in the design OI 122 CE Define the objectives of an action project OI 123 C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L522-13

…Any payment institution having its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin and wishing to carry on business in another Memb…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-4

…e General Tax Code is a signatory to a city contract as defined in article 6 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for cities and urban cohesion, it must, by deliberation, adopt, in c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34

…exclusively provide one or more of the investment services mentioned in 1, 2, 4 or 5 of Article L. 321-1 and which are not authorised to provide the related service of custody account-keeping for fina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article R151-3

…vices referred to in paragraphs III and IV of Article 30 and I of Article 31 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy; 7° Activities relating to technical equipment or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

…s of the said protected objects that he makes. II. II - Article 6(2) and (3) of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy do not apply to the provider of the online content…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 sexvicies

…a notary or the tax department before 31 December 2011 and that the notarised deed is signed by 31 March 2012 at the latest.When the property is held jointly, each joint owner benefits from the tax r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R771-1

…December 2019 Articles R. 713-5 to R. 713-11 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 721-1 to R. 721-6 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 722-1 with the exception of i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2651-3

…pplication of the regulatory provisions of Book I in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° In Article R. 2111-9:a) 2° is deleted;b) In 5°, the words: "other technical standards drawn up by European standar…

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