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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Declaration of payment incidents and regularisations

Article R733-9

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-26n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-27 to R. 131-31n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005II. - For the app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Declaration of payment incidents and regularisations

Article R732-9

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-26n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-27 to R. 131-31n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005II. - For the app…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-104

…their activity before 1 January 2018, by taking into account the period between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2019;2° For persons who began their activity in 2018, by taking into account the period…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Corsica - DOM

Article 575 E bis

…s for the same products, set in accordance with the table below: Product group From 1 March 2023 to 31 December 2023 From 1 January 2024 31 December 2024 From 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 Cigare…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Classification.

Article D134-21

The provisions of articles R. 133-20 to D. 133-31 apply to intermunicipal tourist offices.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transactions carried out on youth savings accounts and remuneration.

Article R221-94

At 31 December each year, the interest earned is added to the capital and itself becomes interest-bearing.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article D214-187-1

II of article D. 214-32-31 does not apply to AIFs covered by this sub-paragraph.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-41

The departments and units referred to in Article 695-9-31 may refuse to provide the information requested by a Member State only if there are grounds for supposing that providing it : 1° Would undermi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1673 bis

…enth day of the fourth month following the end of the financial year. If the financial year ends on 31 December or if no financial year ends during the year, the payment is made no later than 15 May.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable before the Court of Cassation

Article R*49-32

…the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in articles R. * 49-30 and R. * 49-31. It s…

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