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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-8

The metropolis of Lyon is automatically substituted, for the competences set out in articles L. 3641-1 et L. 3641-2, to the syndicat de communes or the syndicat mixte whose perimeter is identical to i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-71

After making a declaration to the Autorité des marchés financiers and to the tax department with which its management company files its income tax return, a local investment fund may enter into a pre-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article R221-9

I.-Resources collected by institutions distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire and not centralised pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 221-5 are allocat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article D571-2

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the court that imposed the residence ban, which has become enforceable, will give or arrange for the convicted person to be given a document enabling him or her to pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-1

…es involved in the pursuit of social utility, within the meaning ofArticle 2 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy, represent at least 66% of all operating expenses…

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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

…ect to the obligations set out in sections 2 to 7 of this chapter: 1° Bodies, institutions and services governed by the provisions of Title I of this Book, including branches of the credit institution…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quinquies

…bis, 182 A bis, 182 B, 244 bis, 244 bis A and 244 bis B are not applicable to income and profits received or realised by a legal entity which provides evidence to the debtor or the person who ensures…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 A

…rs and other income from bonds, debts, deposits and guarantees, royalties from the assignment or concession of operating licences, patents, trademarks, manufacturing processes or formulas and other si…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF AN EXPULSION DECISION

Article L631-3

…ture, or constituting acts of explicit and deliberate incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence against a specific person or group of persons, may an expulsion decision be issued: 1° Foreign na…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

For the application of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed P…

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