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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of live shows

Article 220 quindecies

…r small businesses, within the meaning of Article 2 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-2

In the contracts mentioned in article L. 212-1, the presence of one or more unfair terms covered by the decree issued pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 212-1 is punishable by an administr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-8

…of up to 15,000 euros. These sanctions are imposed under the conditions set out in articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23. The decision of the Sanctions Committee or the agreement reached in accordance wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

…thorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-26, provide investment and related services under the freedom to provide services in ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Additional departmental tax on tourist tax

Article L3333-1

…the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in 1° to 3° of I of article L. 5211-21, by decision of the deliberative body taken under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-22

…il the expiry of a period of two months from the publication measure provided for in article R. 613-21. These claims are then published, at the request of the creditors' representative or the liquidat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Interministerial Committee for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behaviour

Article D3411-12

…Research; 18° The Minister for Health; 19° The Minister for Sport; 20° The Minister for Transport; 21° The Minister for Labour; 22° The Minister for Urban Affairs. Other ministers may be invited to s…

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

Article R5121-37-2

Following the granting of a marketing authorisation, including for an authorisation granted before 21 July 2012, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-57

…024/2013 of the Council, and with the Single Resolution Board established by Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council; 4° Third-country authorities performing equivale…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-1

…its registered office is located in the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin or Moselle, by articles 21 to 79-3 of the local civil code.A decree sets the operating procedures for territorial health pro…

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