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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-154

…ed in Article 56 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004.In collaboration with the European Medicines Agency, the Agency shall monitor the results…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

…e first financial year ending on or after 31 December 1990.For the financial year ended 31 December 1998 or the tax period ended on the same date, the conversion differences relating to the currencies…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-19

…standard formula, and in Articles L. 352-1, L. 352-2, R. 352-2 to R. 352-3 and R. 352-13 to R. 352-25 for an internal model. The group's Solvency Capital Requirement on a consolidated basis is at lea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B

…tioned in k of II of this article being taken into account is subject to compliance with Articles 2,25 and 30 and with 1, a of 2 and 3 of Article 28 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 Jun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18-1

The professional practice standard relating to the audit of the opening balance sheet of the first financial year certified by the statutory auditor, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown belo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Exercise of freedom of establishment and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-4

I.- When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution finds that an insurance or reinsurance intermediary or an insurance intermediary acting on an ancillary basis is in breach of the provisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-2

I.-With a view to identifying the owners of bearer securities, the Articles of Association may provide that the issuing company or a third party designated by it is entitled to request, at any time an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-22

…e, on behalf of the municipality, the renewal of membership of associations of which it is a member;25° To exercise, on behalf of the municipality, the right of expropriation for reasons of public uti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2253-1

…municipal services or activities of general interest under the conditions laid down in Article L. 2253-2.By way of derogation from the first paragraph of this article, communes and their groupings ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-41

If a person referred to in 4° of B of I or II of Article L. 612-2 has breached a European, legislative or regulatory provision that the authority is responsible for ensuring compliance with, or an app…

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