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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-20

…finance companies affiliated to a network and the central body within the meaning of Article L. 511-31 are considered to be part of the same group for the purposes of this Code. The same applies to en…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-14

…nce by the public entity under the following conditions and within the limits set out in Article L. 313-29-2. The acceptance governed by this article is evidenced, on pain of nullity, by a written doc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23-2

…housing benefiting from a decision to grant a subsidy or assisted loan between 1 December 2005 and 31 December 2026, with the exception of new constructions financed (1) by means of loans referred to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-35

…ousing benefiting from a decision to grant a subsidy or subsidised loan between 1 December 2005 and 31 December 2026, with the exception of new constructions financed (1) by means of loans referred to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-18

…temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT mobile trainee" provided for in article L. 421-31; 3° A temporary residence permit bearing the wording "trainee ICT (family)" provided for in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…schemes, of Article L. 225-197-1 of this code, of article L. 3324-10 of the Labour Code, of article 31-2 of order no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

…onditions under which public health establishments manufacturing medicinal products industrially on 31 December 1991 may apply for the authorisation provided for in article L. 5124-3;6° The conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Professional capital gains

Article 93 quater

…tions mentioned in this paragraph is 10%.I bis. (Repealed for royalties taken into account from 1st January 2002 in the results of grantors and concessionaires).I ter. Taxation of the capital gain rea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…0 of 10 December 2009 L. 1523-6 law no. 2000-1208 of 13 December 2000 L. 1523-7 law no. 2002-1 of 2 January 2002 L. 1524-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 1524-2 law no. 2004-806 of 9 August 2…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-27-2

…he event of death are not subject to this deposit when the death of the insured occurred prior to 1 January 2015. The sums due under the contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of this I and compri…

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