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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L773-42

…cle L. 561-33 with the exception of 3° of II; 8° Articles L. 561-34 to L. 561-48; 9° Article L. 561-50. II.For the application of the above articles : 1° References made toOrder no. 45-2138 of 19 Sept…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L774-42

…cle L. 561-33 with the exception of 3° of II; 8° Articles L. 561-34 to L. 561-48; 9° Article L. 561-50. II.For the application of the above articles : 1° References made toOrder no. 45-2138 of 19 Sept…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

…II. The capital of newly created companies must not be held, directly or indirectly, for more than 50% by other companies.For the purposes of the first paragraph, the capital of a newly created compa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies B

…on the occasion of the contribution referred to in 2° or other concomitant contributions, more than 50% of the voting rights or capital of the company whose rights and shares are contributed; 4° The r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15

…or them, which shall also include any third-party payments, under the conditions set out in Article 50 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies A

…owing or preceding the transfer ;4° The transferor must not hold, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting rights or rights in the corporate profits of the transferee company;5° The sole pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 ter

1. The withholding tax provided for in 2 of article 119 bis is not applicable to dividends distributed to a legal entity that meets the conditions listed in 2 of this article by a company or organisat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall in particular be responsible for:1° The examination of patent applications, the grant of patents and all documents relating thereto, and the ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3664-1

Metropole de Lyon is obliged to:1° Expenditure relating to the operation of the deliberative bodies and the upkeep of the Hôtel de la Métropole;2° Expenditure relating to the functional allowances pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

…U) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 575/2013, (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 806/2014 ;10° Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 October 2020 on European providers of partici…

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