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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…two deductions made from the twelfths provided for in article L. 3332-1-1 of this code, in accordance with the procedures set out in II and III of this article. It is distributed among its beneficiar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-3

Before carrying on business, providers of the services referred to in 1° to 4° of Article L. 54-10-2 established in France or providing such services in France, shall be registered by the Autorité des…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-59

…311-1 belonging to a cross-border group in which at least one of the entities belongs to the insurance sector and at least one of the entities belongs to the banking or investment services sector or t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-2

…ed by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the institutions mentioned in Article L. 370-1 may offer in France the operations mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 381-1. They are then subject to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…g code; 13° Conseiller prud'homme ;14° Maritime assessor referred to inarticle 7 of the law of 17 December 1926 relating to repression in maritime matters;15° Défenseur syndical (trade union represent…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-9

…ommitment by the publisher(s).The contribution from a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services is made in cash in the form of the purchase of rights to make the work available to the public.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R771-2

For the application of Article R. 771-1: 1° In Article R. 712-5, references to the provisions of Article L. 811-1 are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose; 2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-2

The certificate of extension of the examination of an application for first issue of a residence permit provided for in Articles L. 421-22, L. 421-23, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29, L. 422-14, L. 423-1, L. 4…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Revenue from the operating section

Article L2573-43

…L. 2331-1 reads as follows:"Art.L. 2331-1. The tax revenues of the operating section include the proceeds of taxes and duties whose basis of assessment is established and collection takes place under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-21

…of each of the companies involved in the cross-border merger. 1° The type, name and registered office of the participating companies, as well as those of the company resulting from the cross-border m…

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