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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D621-29

…n;5° The rate mentioned in the first paragraph of e of 4° of II of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at 0.0094 per thousand, except for money market funds covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 of the European…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 septies A

…l or the right to payment of interest on a bond arising from a stripping carried out before 1 June 1991, the redemption premium means the difference between:a) The principal or interest that he receiv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

Additive manufacturing equipment acquired or created between 1 October 2015 and 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which it is brought…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Hospitality certificates

Article L313-2

…e foreigner's entry into the territory of the States party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, and in the event that the hosted foreigner does not provide this, the costs of the fore…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Searching for information

Article L152-1

Subject to the provisions of article 6 of law no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 on the obligation, coordination and secrecy of statistics, the administrations of the State, the regions, the départements and t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: CASE OF A FOREIGNER REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR A STATE WITH WHICH THE SCHENGEN ACQUIS IS APPLICABLE

Article L615-1

…ng entry or removal taken by one of the other States party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 and is illegally present in mainland France ;

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members of the Board of Directors

Article A211-1

Seven colleges are constituted for the election of the nine elected members of the Board of Directors: 1° College of administrative, technical, research or training engineers; 2° College of professors…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-4

…French territory by a foreign body, was recognised as being in the public interest before 10 June 1949, the Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the National Management Cent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L754-13

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article R122-4

When withdrawing euro banknotes received from the public from circulation and depositing them with the Banque de France, credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment instituti…

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