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

Article R356-12

…king mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8. II.Without prejudice to I, the following may only be taken into account in the calculation insofar as they are eligible to cover the Solvency…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-38

…isions of sub-section 2 of this section. These plans shall provide for the resolution measures that may be taken pursuant to Subsection 9 and Subsection 10 of this Section when the conditions for trig…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…des procédures fiscales in accordance with Article L. 84 D of the livre desprocédures fiscales . It may obtain from the tax authorities the information and documents necessary to carry out this missio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-24

…the French Commercial Code and Article 7 of the profession's Code of Ethics, the statutory auditor may call on the services of an expert of his choice when certain controls that are essential to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 H

…s date are not subject to taxation. Mobile radio stations built in mountain areas between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2020 are not subject to this tax. Mobile radio stations that mobile radio opera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article R2333-82-4

…the organisation and financing of the event.The expenses referred to in IV of article L. 2333-55-3 may be charged to the casino;2° When the casino delegates all or part of the organisation of the eve…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-1

…stribution, communication or provision to unauthorised persons ; 2° Reproduction and representation may also relate to any work whose digital file is deposited by the publisher, in a format facilitati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special declaration system

Article 102 ter

…0 is equal to the gross amount of annual receipts less a flat-rate allowance of 34%. This allowance may not be less than €305.Capital gains or losses arising from the sale of assets used in the busine…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

…r in the second paragraph is best suited to the sentenced person's situation. The enforcement judge may refuse to grant release under restraint only by finding, in a specially reasoned order, that it…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-1

…L. 131-1, the provisions of 1° and 2° of I are applied as follows: a) Surrender or transfer values may validly be indicated on the basis of an initial generic number of one hundred units of account,…

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