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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…3-2 of the same code, are subject to a tax to finance the support fund created by Article 92 of Law No. 2013-1278 du 29 December 2013 de finances pour 2014, in respect of their activity carried out on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-7

I. - When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is consulted by the authority of another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, resp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-34

I.- A decision to refuse authorisation or, when the provisions of the fourth paragraph of article L. 6122-10 are applied, to refuse authorisation renewal may only be taken for one or more of the follo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12-1

…ions and social security contributions; 4° Under the conditions provided for in article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HP

…artisanal fishing companies or fishing outfitting companies as defined in II of Article 240 of Law no. 2005-157 of 23 February 2005 on the development of rural areas aged under fifty on the date of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-22

…ommunicated information to the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 pursuant to Article L. 561-25 or when they have, in good faith, reported a discrepancy pursuant to Article L. 561-47-1 ; b) The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 260

…nes, by order of the prefect in April of each year. In Paris, it is made by order of the prefect in June between the arrondissements.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-18

…on is requested pursuant to Article 40 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreements of 19 June 1990.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-43

…aph 4 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity as regards providers of order fulfilment ser…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-299

…sions to open safeguard or receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings opened on or after 26 June 2018, without prejudice to 1° of Article R. 123-298, the following information is also requeste…

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