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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Net gains and distributions relating to carried interest rights

Article 242 ter C

…nds falling under article L. 214-37of the Monetary and Financial Code in its wording prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-54-1

…luntary basis on the administrative or management body of an association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or entered in the register of associations in appl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-19

…ance (Solvency II), in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree No 2017-1171 of 18 July 2017 laying down the rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds, is applicabl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quater

…e accommodation of seasonal agricultural employees under the conditions provided for by article L. 716-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, as well as accommodation for apprentices, whose status…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-26

…ttee recalculates this reduction in the amount entered in the initial Finance Act, no later than 31 July of the year following the allocation, on the basis of the rate of change between the actual num…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article L2531-4

…n other communes in the Ile-de-France region.Any change in rates comes into force on 1 January or 1 July of each year; the deliberation setting the new rate is sent by Ile-de-France Mobilités to the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Provisions relating to relations with the authorities of non-EU Member States in the context of a resolution procedure

Article L613-62-2

I. - For the application of this section and notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical docu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-2

…articles L. 5212-24 à L. 5212-24-2 ; 9° Les articles L. 5214-1 à L. 5214-29 ; 10° Les articles L. 5216-1 à L. 5216-10; 11° Les articles L. 5217-1 à L. 5217-21. III.-For the application to Mayotte of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R308

…the government commissioner at one of the courts of the armed forces set up in accordance with law no. 82-621 of 21 July 1982, when the persons concerned request a bulletin no. 3 or a bulletin no. 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation.

Article R518-71

…the applicable provisions of the Consumer Code and articles 26-4 to 26-10 of the aforementioned Act no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965. The AMF will refuse authorisation if there are reasonable grounds for be…

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