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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: The Higher Council for Mountain Sports

Article D142-28

…he General Commissioner for Territorial Equality; 26° The Director of the National Forestry Office; 27° The President of the National Union of Tourism Associations; 28° The President of the Union des…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-2

…graph of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019, to an investment firm which carries on any of the activities referred to in 3, 6-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Local authorities, local public bodies and local public companies

Article 1042

…nce and having benefited from the scheme provided for in Article 67 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009, on the one hand, by local public companies created pursuant to Article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

…aw no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003 for 2004 and in the article 51 of finance law no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009.II.The Corsican regional authority benefits from the general decentralisat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L774-43

I - Pursuant to Article 7, 8° of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the provisions of II, III and IV, Articles L. 562-1 to L. 562-15 are applicable by operation of law in French…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article D526-30

…blish, at his own expense, the universal transfer of business assets provided for in article L. 526-27, in the form of a notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales or an anno…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIc: Tax on precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 150 VM

I. - A declaration, in accordance with a model drawn up by the administration, sets out, as appropriate, the elements used to calculate the tax or the option provided for in article 150 VL. It is file…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-10

I. - The Supervisory Board exercises permanent control over the management of the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund. It draws up the internal regulations of the guarantee fund and the rules for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170

1. With a view to calculating income tax, any person liable to that tax is required to complete and send to the administration a detailed declaration of their income and profits, their family expenses…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Capping of certain income tax benefits

Article 200-0 A

1. The total tax benefits mentioned in 2, with the exception of those mentioned in articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B, 199 undecies C and 199 unvicies and in XII of Article 199 novovicies, may no…

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