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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 A

Services essential to the use of movable or immovable property and provided to their members by legal entities designated in article 239 octies in return for, independently of contributions, the stric…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VII: Conditions of application in Overseas France of Book V relating to service providers

Article R771-1

…2017, No 2019/2033 of 27 November 2019, No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 and Delegated Regulation No 2015/61 of 10 October 2014 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9 of this Code…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L742-8

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-28 Order no. 2013 676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-24-29 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-8

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-28 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-24-29 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-2

…du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LE RÉDACTIONUR L. 711-1 and L. 711-2 Resulting from law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of independent professional activity L. 711-3 and L. 711-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 E

…to communes located on the territory of the Greater Paris metropolis that were members on 1 January 2015 of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system, the reference…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-195

In addition to the mandatory information provided for in articles L. 123-13 to L. 123-21, L. 232-1 to L. 232-23, R. 123-179 to R. 123-189 of this code and article R. 313-14 of the Monetary and Financi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…ated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 quater J

…t of a transaction benefiting from the provisions set out in articles 41,151 octies, 151 octies Aor 210 A. II. - The provisions of article 238 quater I do not apply where, in the absence of the creati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Director.

Article R1142-52

…n legal action relating to the compensation referred to in articles L. 1142-15, L. 1142-17, L. 1142-21, L. 1142-24-7, L. 1142-24-17, L. 1221-14, L. 3111-9, L. 3122-4 , L. 3131-4 and L. 3135-3 .The Dir…

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