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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2

…ted by the employees are determined in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 225-28, L. 225-29, first paragraph, and L. 225-30 to L. 225-34 of the Commercial Code.The Articles of Association m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-25

…y take out insurance with the insurer of his choice under the conditions set out in articles L. 313-29 et L. 313-30 and specifies the documents that the request for substitution must contain;8° Sets o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-6

…fter the end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 2 January 2018 and 29 June 2019;d) No later than 14 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for financial…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-18

…312-4, L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-13 to L. 421-21, L. 421-22 to L. 421-24, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29, L. 421-30 to L. 421-33, L. 422-1, L. 422-2, L. 422-4, L. 422-5, L. 422-6, L. 422-10 to L. 422-14…

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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 L773-43

…are deleted; 4° In Articles L. 562-8 and L. 562-11, references to acts adopted pursuant to Article 29 of the Treaty on European Union or Article 75 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-5

…mentioned in Annex III to Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards procedures for verifying equivalent standards of quality and safety of importe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 A

…e years, when they benefit from a decision to grant a subsidy or assisted loan taken between 1 July 2004 and 31 December 2026.The duration of the exemption mentioned in I bis is extended to thirty yea…

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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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