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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-1

…established in respect of the directors or any other person mentioned in I and II of Article L. 612-23-1 or, in the case of a payment or electronic money institution carrying out hybrid activities, th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-5

I.-For the application of Article L. 111-4-1, the following sports and leisure articles are subject to the provisions of this article: 1° Bicycles, as defined in Article 1 of Decree no. 2016-364 of 29…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-6

…thresholds were determined on the basis of forecasts that differ significantly from actual results. 23. If the statutory auditor concludes that the setting of a lower materiality threshold or threshol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to pharmaceutical companies, organisations and establishments

Article R5124-45

…s, products or objects that the centres distribute under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2311-1, L. 2311-2, L. 2311-4 and L. 2311-6, the medicines required for voluntary termination of preg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…at specifies the terms of application and the reporting obligations of taxpayers and intermediaries.23° (Repealed).

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-6-1

…threshold(s) and, where applicable, the planning threshold(s), in accordance with paragraphs 22 and 23 of the standard "Application of the concept of materiality when planning and performing an audit"…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…n office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas provided for in articles 231 ter and 231 quater ;d) Interest on debts contracted for the conservation, acquisition, construct…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13

…lvency margin requirement for insurance undertakings, as set out in article R. 334-5 ; c) For class 23 referred to in Article R. 321-1 of this Code, the minimum margin requirement is equal to 1% of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…itative data relating to exchanges of information with the department referred to in Article L. 561-23. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the content and method of publication of this repor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 975

…that, in the case of the persons mentioned in the same 1°, they have annual receipts of more than €23,000 and derive from this activity more than 50% of the income on the basis of which the tax house…

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