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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

…e investment or collective investment management services not authorised pursuant to Article L. 532-9 and not falling within the scope of Articles L. 532-20-1 to L. 532-21-3; 2° Operators offering onl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Building insurance

Article Annexe I art A243-1

…his code, when the insured is held liable on the basis of the presumption established by articles 1792 et seq. of the civil code in relation to construction work, and within the limits of this liabili…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-39

…in II of Article R. 2324-30 of this Code, and ensure that they are properly understood by the team; 9° Carry out, when he or she considers it necessary for the performance of his or her duties and wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-16

…compliance with legal and regulatory texts likely to lead to material misstatements in the accounts.9. Where, at the end of these procedures, the statutory auditor has a doubt as to whether the entity…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…the unwinding or re-evaluation of accounting estimates of the same nature made in previous years. 9. The statutory auditor also takes cognisance of the data used to calculate accounting estimates. 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies C

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…cise of the redemption options provided for in articles L. 351-14-1 of the Social Security Code, L. 9 bis of the code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, as well as those provided for by r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

…ermits, in accordance with common rules and standardised procedures within the meaning of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on settlement finality in paym…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793

…donor or the deceased, where they were acquired for valuable consideration on or after 5 September 1979.4° Shares in agricultural landholding groups and those in agricultural landholding groups, crea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to certain categories of workers.

Article L5523-2

…les…

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