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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

…lar professional basis. The investment firms defined in the previous paragraph may be: 1° A class 1 bis investment firm, authorised to provide any of the investment services mentioned in 3, 6-1 or 6-2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-10

…communicated to the holder of the copyright or related right, by way of derogation from article 59 bis of the Customs Code. This information may also be communicated prior to the implementation of th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 undecies

…lue added tax under the simplified actual tax regime provided for in articles 302 septies A and 298 bis of the same code, on declarations sent at the same time as the annual declaration mentioned in a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-36

…e communicated to the holder of the plant variety certificate, by way of derogation from article 59 bis of the Customs Code. This information may also be communicated before the implementation of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 E

…e 1st January of the first year for which the exemption is applicable or renewable, with the undertaking given in respect of the plots of land belonging to him that are included on the list drawn up b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R443-3

For the application of the provisions of this book in Saint-Martin: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable lo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-93

…ngs and provident institution, the local authorities and, under the conditions defined by article 3 bis of law n° 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, the other natural persons o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article D344-5

…The data collected may only be communicated in accordance with the conditions set out in article 7 bis of law no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 on the obligation, coordination and secrecy of statistics.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-7-1-A

The court-appointed administrator may practise his profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1459

…r sublet all or part of their personal dwelling as furnished accommodation. The deliberations are taken under the conditions provided for in Article 1639 A bis and relate to the total share due to eac…

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