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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter S

…ncome tax due by the taxpayer in respect of the year in during which the credit institution or finance company paid out repayable advances under the conditions set out in this article and in equal fra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-4

…ding venue has been submitted ;2° Financial instruments other than those referred to in 1° whose price or value depends on the price or value of a financial instrument referred to in 1° or whose price…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L771-7

…ynesia or New Caledonia, it shall inform the Overseas Issuing Institute mentioned in Article L. 721-25 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The latter informs the Banque de France for the purposes of r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R221-2

…such exchanges; 3° If different from the address provided in 1°, the geographical address of his place of business and, where applicable, that of the trader on whose behalf he is acting, to which the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

I. - An annual tax is introduced, proportional to the surface area of each exclusive licence to prospect for liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons. The tax shall be paid by the holder of the exclusive licenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-13

…d teaching expertise in the field of continuing education and continuing professional development.Except in special cases linked to the specific nature of the practice of certain professions, the inde…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-2

…p separately from the sub-ledger accounts mentioned in the previous paragraph. II. - Without prejudice to the rights of holders of claims arising from the management of these operations, no creditor o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28

I.-The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in I of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of I of arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L811-5

…e same nature that have given rise to a disciplinary or administrative sanction of removal from office, striking off the register, revocation, withdrawal of authorisation or withdrawal of authorisatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-8

…ose activity falls under 2° of I of Article L. 111-7, specifies, in a section directly and easily accessible from all pages of the site, without the user needing to identify himself, the following inf…

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