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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

I. - The persons who effectively manage the business of the firm within the meaning of Article L. 532-2 .4 and the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board, the management board or any…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

I.-Subject to the application of the provisions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 298 sexdecies I

I.-Where, for the import of goods covered by distance selling of imported goods, with the exception of products subject to excise duty, contained in consignments with an intrinsic value not exceeding…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 bis

I. - The basis of assessment for property tax on built properties for rental housing mentioned in Article L. 441-1 of the Construction and Housing Code, belonging to one of the bodies listed in articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 C ter

Unless the municipality or public inter-municipal cooperation body with its own tax system decides otherwise, in accordance with the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, properties located…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 E

I. - Undeveloped properties classified in the first, second, third, fifth, sixth and eighth categories as defined in the ministerial instruction of sixth and eighth categories defined in article 18 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 B bis

I. - Non-built properties classified in the second and sixth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and located in the wetlands defined in 1° of I of artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-18

During the meeting provided for in Article L. 4422-8 and after electing its standing committee, the Assembly of Corsica shall elect from among its members the Executive Council of Corsica and its Pres…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-1

I. - Where the supervisory board is responsible for the supervision of a group on a consolidated basis, the request for authorisation provided for in III of Article L. 613-46 shall be sent to the supe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Canvassing

Article L754-15

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicat…

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