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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter C

…f micro, small and medium-sized enterprises given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in applic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-17

If, after having received the necessary approval from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for the use of an internal model, an insurance or reinsurance undertaking ceases to comply wi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-6

…ing indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 314-22 and D. 314-23 Result…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Decisions taken after the prison administration has been given time to take corrective measures

Article R249-34

If it decides to apply 3° of II of the article 803-8, the sentence enforcement judge may order, after consulting the public prosecutor and the prison administration representative, one of the measures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-25

The person responsible for the production or distribution of water shall make available to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency the results of water quality monitoring and any informatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-8

Within ten days of the opening judgment, the debtor shall file two copies of the list of claims provided for by Article L. 628-7 at the court registry. The court clerk shall give one copy to the judic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-56

…sional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code. As part of their mission, external valuation experts are released from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans

Article L313-38

…created by credit institutions benefit from the rights provided for in articles L. 511-8 to L. 511-14 of the French Commercial Code relating to endorsement. Their right relates to all claims arising…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-2

…10 and in Articles L. 112-1, L. 112-5, L. 112-6, L. 113-10, L. 121-5 to L. 121-8, L. 121-12, L. 121-14, L. 122-1, L. 122-2, L. 122-6, L. 124-1, L. 124-2, L. 127-6, L. 132-1, L. 132-10, L. 132-15 and L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-1

…riminal Code, for the offences defined in Articles L. 571-3, L. 571-4, L. 571-6 to L. 571-9, L. 571-14 and L. 571-16 incur, in addition to the fine set out in Article 131-38 of the French Criminal Cod…

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