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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28

Business legal entities which, although not required to do so because of their legal form or the size of the group as a whole, publish consolidated accounts, shall comply with the provisions of articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article R345-1-1

…rticle L. 111-4-2 du même code, institutions de prévoyance ou unions régies par le titre 3 du livre 9 du code de la sécurité sociale ou par l'article L. 727-2 du code rural, sociétés de groupe assuran…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Restricted formation (R).

Article R5211-34

…nt for inter-municipal cooperation from which a commune applies to withdraw includes the commune of Paris, the restricted formation of the competent departmental commission for inter-municipal coopera…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-80

For oral hearings before the Paris enforcement judge or court, the public prosecutor is represented by the public prosecutor of the Paris judicial court. These hearings shall take place at the Paris J…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to concession contracts for public passenger transport services by rail

Article R3222-1

…ts referred to in 11° of Article L. 3212-4 are governed, for their award and performance, by Decree no. 2019-1083 of 24 October 2019 on the procedures for awarding and performing public service contra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-10

The articles L. 2123-34 and L. 2123-35 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 on involvement in local life and the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…n another Member State of the European Union or party to the European Economic Area insofar as they carry out their activity on national territory using the services of one or more agents for the prov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-34

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Article applicable In the wording resulting from L…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-39

…the Chairman, with the approval of the accounting officer, under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZK

The rate of the levies mentioned in articles 302 bis ZH and 302 bis ZI is set at :27.9% of gross gaming revenue in respect of sports betting marketed in a physical distribution network and 33.7% of gr…

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