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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-9

…Article L. 517-12 are subject to the provisions of Articles L. 511-51, L. 511-52, L. 511-53, L. 533-25, L. 533-26, L. 533-27 and the regulations issued for their application. II. - Where a mixed finan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Ski lift insurance

Article Annexe art. A220-3

…rticle 4, the insured is covered against the pecuniary consequences of the civil liability which it may incur as a result of any bodily injury or material damage caused both to the users of the instal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-4

…003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, which are not wholesale energy products, within the meaning of Article 2(4) of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1590

…led with the department responsible for their registered office or main establishment no later than 25 April of the year during which the tax provided for in this article is due. The declaration inclu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-5

…21 February 1996 L. 2121-21 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 2121-22 law no. 2013-403 of 17 May 2013 L. 2121-22-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 2121-23 to L. 2121-25 Order no. 2021-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

I. 1° Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 18% of payments made in respect of cash subscriptions made under the same conditions as t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…ngredients defined by Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R385-2

…e that the management fees are not fixed for a period exceeding five years, an amount equivalent to 25% of the net management expenses relating to these operations for the last financial year ; d) Whe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-7

…ndicate exercises. This withdrawal is carried out under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1 and the third paragraph of Article L. 5211-19. In the absence of an agreement between the delib…

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

Article R356-28

…les and received a favourable response in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article R. 356-25.

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