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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R773-10

…of 26 January 2012R. 519-19n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-20n° 2019-1098 of 29 October 2019R. 519-21n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 519-22 to R. 519-23n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-24n° 2012-10…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R775-9

…of 26 January 2012R. 519-19n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-20n° 2019-1098 of 29 October 2019R. 519-21n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 519-22 to R. 519-23n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-24n° 2012-10…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking service providers

Article R774-10

…of 26 January 2012R. 519-19n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-20n° 2019-1098 of 29 October 2019R. 519-21n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 519-22 to R. 519-23n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-24n° 2012-10…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for road traffic accidents occurring in mainland France, the overseas departments and the territorial collectivity of Mayotte.

Article A421-1

…for accidents for which the French State is responsible in the countries referred to in article L. 211-4 (1st paragraph) is hereby approved. AGREEMENT BETWEEN :-on the one hand, the French State, rep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-26

…decree or, as the case may be, this order results in the consecutive implementation of article L. 5211-25-1. When the conditions for liquidation have been met, the dissolution of the public establish…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 octies

I. - Phonographic production companies within the meaning of Article L. 213-1 of the Intellectual Property Code, subject to corporation tax, are eligible for a tax credit in respect of expenditure on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9

…ctive investments" without managing UCITS mentioned in 1° and 3°: 1° Falling under II of article L. 214-24, excluding those mentioned in the last paragraph of the same II and excluding FIAs falling un…

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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 Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

…a) in the case of a market located in a Member State, a regulated market as defined inArticle L. 421-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code ; b) In the case of a market located in a third country, a f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

…timeframe of article L. 145-9, if he intends to invoke the provisions of articles L. 145-18, L. 145-21, L. 145-23-1 et L. 145-24 in order to build, rebuild or raise the existing building, to reassign…

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