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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L773-6

…2° In Article L. 511-84-1, the references to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 604/2014 of 4 March 2014 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council are repl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L774-6

…2° In Article L. 511-84-1, the references to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 604/2014 of 4 March 2014 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council are repl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-57

…etary General and Deputy Secretaries General; 6° The investigators and auditors of the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Article L. 621-10 of this Code; 7° The President of the Bar and, wher…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R365-4

…cation of this book in French Polynesia: 1° With the exception of the first paragraph of Article R. 313-3 and Articles D. 312-3 and R. 343-31, the words "in France" are replaced by the words: "on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

1. In the event of a merger or demerger of companies, the allocation of securities, sums or values to the members of the transferring company in consideration for the cancellation of the securities of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 266

1. The taxable amount is made up of:a. For supplies of goods, services and intra-Community acquisitions, by all sums, values, goods or services received or to be received by the supplier or service pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 978

I.-The taxpayer may deduct from the tax on real estate wealth, up to a limit of €50,000, 75% of the amount of cash donations and full ownership donations of company securities admitted to trading on a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-8

I.-The box referred to in article L. 132-5-2 is placed at the top of the insurance proposal, draft contract or notice. It must not exceed one page in size and must contain the following information, i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20

…cils, the creation of land reserves;b) Organisation of mobility within the meaning of articles L. 1231-1, L. 1231-8 and L. 1231-14 to L. 1231-16 of the transport code, subject to article L. 3421-2 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 bis

…suant to the provisions of the legislation of that State adopted for the implementation of Articles 31 to 39 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006.2°a Intra-Community acquisitions of se…

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