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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-1

I. - In order to provide investment services, investment services providers other than portfolio management companies must obtain authorisation. This authorisation is issued by the Autorité de contrôl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

The following are exempt from the special tax on insurance agreements:1° Reinsurance, subject to what is stated in Article 1000 ;2° Insurance benefiting, under exceptional provisions, from exemption f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article D561-32-1

I. - The declaration provided for in II of Article L. 561-15 shall be made by the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 in accordance with the specific nature of their profession, in accordance with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

The following shall be entered in the national register of companies, or filed to be appended thereto: 1° For the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 123-36, all the information, deeds and documents…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-6

The Board of Directors decides on the business of the school. In particular, it deliberates on 1° The school project and the multi-annual performance contract; 2° The internal regulations, the rules g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-2

Health professionals practising on a self-employed basis, health establishments, health services and the bodies mentioned in article L. 1142-1, and any other legal entity, other than the State, carryi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article L1434-2

The regional health project consists of :1° A strategic orientation framework, which sets out general objectives and expected results over a ten-year period;2° A regional health plan, drawn up for fiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-2

Non-tax revenue in the operating section comprises: 1° Income from all property which the inhabitants do not enjoy in kind; 2° Contributions imposed annually on those entitled to fruits which are coll…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-10

The College of the French Anti-Doping Agency, referred to in article L. 232-6, deliberates on : 1° The annual budget and its modifications during the year ; 2° The financial account and the allocation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-1

I.-The guarantee or equivalent undertaking referred to in the third paragraph of article R. 332-17 must :-be governed by French law and, in the event of a dispute, be subject to the exclusive jurisdic…

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