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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-29

…credit institution mentioned in the second paragraph of II of article R. 214-32-28 and 5% in other cases. II. - As an exception to the 5% limit set in 1° of I, a general purpose investment fund may i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article R2333-82-4

I. - For the application of I of article L. 2333-55-3, events are eligible for the tax credit:1° When the casino directly provides all or part of the organisation and financing of the event.The expens…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-16

The products and services referred to in 2° of Article L. 561-9 are :1° Life insurance or capitalisation contracts where the annual premium does not exceed €1,000 or where the single premium does not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe 8-2

…l administrator.1. 2. Of the mandataire judiciaire à la liquidation des entreprises.Titre II. - Ethical principles.2. 1. Fundamental principles.2. 2. Obligations imposed on professionals by virtue of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe II

…the National Council's IT committee; - an IT expert chosen from the list of experts at the Court of Cassation, with a deputy; - an auditor chosen from the list drawn up pursuant to the second paragrap…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-5-1

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of shows, the points in the scale are divided between five groups, under the following conditions: I.-A maximum number of 31 points is alloca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-22

…made the declaration provided for in Article L. 561-15 under the conditions prescribed by the applicable legislative or regulatory provisions or when they have communicated information to the departm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-48-2

…be made by the collège de résolution with the assent of the collège de supervision and, where applicable, jointly with the appropriate authorities in the form of a joint decision where: 1° The superv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 nonies C

…operation mentioned in I of article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member communes for the application of the provisions relating to the business property tax and the business value added tax and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530 bis

…tion, including when they have transferred all or part of this competence to one or more mixed syndicates under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 5711-1 to L. 5721-9 of the General Code of Te…

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