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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-2

…ication for first issue of a residence permit provided for in Articles L. 421-22, L. 421-23, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29, L. 422-14, L. 423-1, L. 423-6, L. 423-7, L. 423-11 to L. 423-16, L. 423-22, L. 424-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-1

…the guaranteed insurance undertaking, within the meaning of Article 310-5 of Regulation 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13° : Tax credit for expenditure on publishing musical works

Article 220 septdecies

…a microenterprise given in Article 2(3) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

…for in I of this Article to the persons mentioned in 2 of I of Article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, by any means capable of establishing the date of re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article R151-3

…es referred to in paragraphs III and IV of Article 30 and I of Article 31 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy; 7° Activities relating to technical equipment or dev…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…lumn of the same table: APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED BY Article L. 611-1 Law no. 2008-518 of 3 June 2008 Article L. 611-2 Order no. 2020-116 of 12 February 2020 Articles L. 611-3 to L. 611-6 Law…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of live shows

Article 220 quindecies

…inesses, within the meaning of Article 2 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-12

…ert appearing on one of the lists instituted byarticle 2 of the aforementioned law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 or, exceptionally, an expert chosen from outside these lists. The Regional Commission sets…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…or the document intended for public information provided for in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 or any equivalent document required for admission to foreign regulated markets mentions th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-1

…within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services,…

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