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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-2

I. - The sums distributable by a UCITS are made up of :1° Net income plus retained earnings plus or minus the balance of the income equalisation account;2° Realised capital gains, net of costs, less r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Cross-border partial transfer of assets

Article L236-48

A cross-border partial contribution of assets is the transaction whereby a société par actions or a société à responsabilité limitée with its registered office in France participates in a transaction…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-14

The tax is payable, on the basis of a receipt drawn up on the basis of a declaration by the operator of the advertising medium, to the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-5

A certified copy of the claim form and the decision shall be served, at the initiative of the claimant, on each of the defendants. The European order for payment opposition form shall be annexed to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-109

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may receive the guarantees mentioned in article L. 211-38 under the conditions defined in that same article, guarantees relating to joint and sever…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D775-39

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-5

I. - The General Meeting votes on the projected budget of the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire.At the close of the financial year, the result for the year is allocated under the conditions defined…

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

Article R356-28-2

…been authorised to be subject to rules similar to those mentioned in Articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capacity as group supervisor shall i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

…3° In Articles R. 613-14, R. 613-15, R. 613-19, R. 613-22, the references to Decree No. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 shall be deleted; 4° In the first paragraph of Article R. 613-18, after the words "…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure

Article R5121-51-3

…rector General of the Agency will refer the matter to the coordination group referred to in Article 27 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. 2° If the applicant design…

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