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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-16-1

Where proceedings are brought pursuant to Articles L. 465-1 to L. 465-3-3 , the Autorité des marchés financiers may exercise the rights of a civil party. Failing this, the Chairman of the Autorité des…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-1

At the request of one or more investment services providers or a professional association of investment services providers, the Autorité des marchés financiers may, after obtaining the opinion of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13-1

…ract referred to in Article R. 342-1 provides that management expenses are not fixed for a period exceeding five years, and where the insurance undertaking does not assume an investment risk, the mini…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-10-1

…f Article L. 422-1. The Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle monitors compliance with this obligation. A decree in the Council of State shall determine the nature and duration of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-10-1

…kings mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 310-2 are foreign undertakings having their registered office in the Swiss Confederation and mentioned in 2° and 3° of Article L. 310-1. For the application of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligation and conditions of registration

Article L211-18-1

…State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who sell or offer for sale the services mentioned inarticle L. 211-1 or who direct these activities to France by any means are obliged t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16-1

…lude: 1° A description of how the internal assessment of risks is integrated into the management process and the fund's decision-making procedures; 2° An assessment of the effectiveness of the risk ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article D221-111-1

…small and medium-sized enterprises and intermediate-sized enterprises are subject to the following ceilings:1° Charges relating to the opening of the plan, in particular application fees, may not exc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 166

When a taxpayer previously domiciled abroad transfers his domicile to France, the income whose taxation is entailed by the establishment of domicile in France is only counted from the day of that esta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1381

…f any kind and land forming an essential and immediate dependency of these constructions with the exception of land occupied by greenhouses assigned to an agricultural operation; 5° With the exception…

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