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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-2

…bis investment firm, articles L. 533-25 to L. 533-28, L. 533-29-1, L. 533-29-2, L. 533-29-4, L. 533-31 and L. 533-31-4 in the case of a Class 2 investment firm and Articles L. 533-25 to L. 533-28 and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

Transactions carried out by undertakings subject to State supervision by virtue of Article L. 310-1 or 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 and by the supplementary occupational pension funds referred to i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

…under the first, third and fourth parts of the Transport Code , with the exception of articles R. 3315-4 and R. 3315-5, and punishable under: a) Articles R. 211-14 and R. 211-21-5 of the Insurance Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…hélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. It is endowed with €500 million per year.As of 1 January 2019, the territorial collectivity of French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte and, as of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…itrogen compounds, excluding nitrous oxideTonne51.89 (53.39 in 2009, 107.2 in 2011 and 160.8 from 1 January 2012)non-methane hydrocarbons, solvents and other volatile organic compoundsTonne136,02-tota…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis A

…ed to set aside a provision deductible from taxable income for financial years ending on or after 1 January 1997 and until 31 December 2023, with a view to meeting the following expenses:a) Acquisitio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-2

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 312-1 Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 Jul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Farmers

Article 298 bis

…down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. In addition, farmers must, in respect of the period between 1 January and the last day preceding the opening date of the first financial year concerned by the opt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29

…5-3 is set at 0.0094 per thousand, except for money market funds covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017, as well as securitisation undertak…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Pseudonymous investigations

Article 230-46

…est. [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023] the operation is authorised by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge hea…

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