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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…order or as soon as it has been executed, that a provision be set aside in its books, as cover, in cash in the case of a purchase, or in the financial instruments to be sold in the case of a sale. II…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Spouse and child of a foreign national holding long-term resident status - EU in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-13

…ent resources or be supported by their parent who holds a temporary residence permit issued in application of article L. 426-11.When issued in application of the first paragraph, the permit provided f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Swimming establishments and aquatic activities

Article D322-17

…n article D. 322-12 must display, in a place visible to all, a reference to the diplomas and qualifications of the persons in charge of surveillance, as well as an extract from the surveillance and re…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment of the subcontractor

Article R2193-13

Once the period referred to in article R. 2193-12 has elapsed, the contractor is deemed to have accepted those supporting documents or parts of supporting documents which he has not expressly accepted…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Access to rights and obligations

Article D561-13

The resettled person may also request the issue of the certificate referred to in article D. 561-12 from the operator responsible for assisting him/her, who will draw it up and have it validated by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Profits.

Article R232-17

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 232-12, the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen, as the case may be, are empowered to decide to distribute…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15°: Low-cost housing

Article 138

The withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A: 1° and 2° (Obsolete provisions); 3° The proceeds of bond loans contracted before 1 January 196…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13°: Financing certain export transactions

Article 136

…s and finance companies, insofar as it is proven that the amount of these issues is and remains allocated to the financing of export transactions benefiting from the guarantees provided for by the leg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Crédit mutuel et coopération agricoles

Article 130

The provisions relating to the withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of Article 125 A does not apply: 1° Neither to interest shares in companies or unions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

1. The parent company tax regime, as defined in Article 216, is applicable to companies and other bodies subject to corporation tax at the standard rate which hold equity interests satisfying the foll…

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