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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-14

…lting from L. 519-1 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 519-1-1 Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 519-2 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 519-3 and L. 519-3-1 Act no. 2010…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…om investments made in shares or units in companies that are not admitted to trading on a regulated market, within the meaning of articles L. 421-1 ou L. 422-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, or o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of industrial and commercial profits

Article 35

…(Repealed as from the date of entry into force of I of article 26 of law no. 96-1182 of 30 December 1996, JO of 31);8° Persons who, on a professional basis, carry out, directly, through an intermediar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis WA

…taking delivery of fishery or aquaculture products shall pay a health fee for first placing on the market to the State.II. - This fee is based on the weight of the products.III. - The chargeable even…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-5

…ette sociale (social debt redemption fund) established byarticle 1 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the redemption of social debt; 3° Units or shares in undertakings for collective in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-31

…the provisions relating to the establishment of criminal liability for press offences in the loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la liberté de la presseet de la loi n° 82-652 du 29 juillet 1982 sur la communic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

…region is formed by grouping together several regions, in accordance with Article 1 of Law no. 2015-29 of 16 January 2015 on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and amendi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Equalisation funds

Article 1648 A

…rtmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the amount of this allocatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-8

…rity, the personal data and information mentioned in 2° of the appendix to Decree no. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 within eight days of the transmission by the authorised and sworn agents mentioned in I o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-56

…the basis of Article 14 of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare, which specifies the tr…

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