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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article D547-2

Where the provider of equity crowdfunding services asks the AMF to withdraw its authorisation, it shall transfer the existing contracts to another provider of equity crowdfunding services authorised t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA

…t apply to goods for which the order gave rise to the benefit of the tax aid instituted by the lois n° 75-408 du 29 mai 1975 et n° 75-853 du 13 septembre 1975. The provisions of 2° do not apply to equ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX quater : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of the agency for the development of urban areas in the zone known as the "cinquante pas géométriques" in Guadeloupe

Article 1609 C

…in the area known as the cinquante pas géométriques in Guadeloupe created in application of the loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 relative à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur de la zo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX quinquies : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of the agency for the development of urban areas in the so-called "fifty-nation zone" in Martinique

Article 1609 D

…in the area known as the cinquante pas géométriques in Martinique created in application of the loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 relative à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur de la zo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-20

The specialised committee referred to in Article L. 823-19 :1° Credit institutions and finance companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market and which have issued, conti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article R1237-6-1

When the draft collective agreement on the Collective Agreement on Termination of Employment includes establishments falling under the jurisdiction of several Regional Directors of Enterprise, Competi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or procuring, or who are involved in a programme to help them leave prostitution

Article L425-4

Foreign nationals who are victims of the offences of trafficking in human beings or procuring, as referred to in articles 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to 225-10 of the French Penal Code, and who, havi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health Agency for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L1442-5

The health democracy territories provided for inarticle L. 1434-9 are defined by the health agency for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin at the level of these local authorities and may cov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-1

Sociétés coopératives hospitalières de médecins are professional practice associations whose purpose is to practice medicine jointly as health establishments as defined by articles L. 6111-1 et seq, b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Basic services and basic banking services.

Article D312-5

The basic services referred to in II of Article L. 312-1 include :1° Account opening, maintenance and closure ;2° One change of address per year;3° Issuing bank identity statements on request;4° Direc…

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