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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-1

…315 or Article 317 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. In order to carry out the activity of UCITS custodian, the entities mentioned in 3° to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-9

…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 financial holdin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-10

…al posts of the public territorial establishment, article 53 of the aforementioned law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984, with the exception of the time requirements provided for in the first sentence of i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-20-1

…ment firm managers authorised to hold an additional mandate, in accordance with II ofArticle L. 533-26.VI.At least once a year, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall send the Euro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-68-1

…519-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code; e) Electronic money institutions mentioned in Article L. 526-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in Articles L. 526-25 and L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…ing located in France, acquired new or in a future state of completion between 1 January 1999 and 2 April 2003, and at the taxpayer's request, a depreciation deduction equal to 8% of the purchase pric…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4-4

…to twenty working days if direct debit issuers receive the details of the new bank account before 1 April 2017.X. - For the purposes of the sixth paragraph of III of Article L. 312-1-7, the transfer i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-3

…in the experiment relating to the recentralisation of the solidarity income mentioned in article L. 262-2 of the code of social action and families no longer benefit from this scheme from 1 January 20…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2

…ons to be used for the calculation of prudential technical provisions are defined in articles 22 to 26 of the same regulation. The methods for projecting cash flows are defined in articles 28 to 36 of…

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

Article R344-1

…nce established in respect of operations carried out by the insurance undertaking for classes 20 to 26 of Article R. 321-1 or by the supplementary professional retirement fund, other than those mentio…

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