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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

…er of companies, or filed to be appended thereto: 1° For the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 123-36, all the information, deeds and documents appearing in the register of commerce and companies…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 bis AA

…pt from income tax when they have been allocated under the conditions provided for in articles L. 3323-2 and L. 3323-3 of the same code or, when they are allocated, pursuant to 2° of article L. 224-2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-35

…rity, company, association or establishment without the authorisation provided for in articles L. 2223-23, L. 2223-41 and L. 2223-43 or when it is suspended or withdrawn pursuant to article L. 2223-25…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

…the Caisse des dépôts et consignations bear interest under the conditions set out in article L. 518-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R910-7

…al data and on the free movement of such data is replaced by the reference to the rules in force in mainland France pursuant to that Regulation. II. - The reference to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B quater

…ney market" class. This classification is evidenced by the documents referred to in articles L. 214-23 and L. 214-24-62 du code monétaire et financier.B. - The taxpayer shall pay the sale or redemptio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-12

…on the occupational retirement provision business referred to inArticle 7 of Order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006; b) Or are authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation and content of the shared medical file

Article R1111-42

…spensing of medicinal products, taken from the pharmaceutical record referred to in article L. 1111-23 ; f) Data relating to organ or tissue donation; g) Data relating to the advance directives referr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-5-1

…ee set by Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the inte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of telecommunications during proceedings

Article 706-71

…t of appeal or the magistrate designated by him pursuant to the articles 627-5,695-28,696-11and 696-23 if the person is detained for another reason, or at the questioning of the accused before the pol…

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