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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L775-14

…nd column of the same table: " Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 519-1 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 519-1-1 Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 519-2 Ordinance…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

Subject toArticle L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-5

…default interest and the fixed indemnity for recovery costs mentioned in Articles 39 and 40 of Law 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 containing various provisions for adapting legislation to European Union…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7° : Tax reduction for subscriptions to the capital of press companies

Article 220 undecies

…n 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024 to the capital of companies mentioned in the article 2 of law no. 86-897 of 1 August 1986 reforming the legal status of the press, subject to corporation tax unde…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quindecies

…s and 210 A to 210 C, the net amount of long-term capital gains is taxed separately at a rate of 12.8%.It refers to the excess of these capital gains over capital losses of the same nature recorded du…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article D5121-69-3

I.-The maximum value of the period referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12 is set at two years from the date on which the authorisation referred to in this Article is granted. II.-The maximum va…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-15

The review procedure in exceptional cases is governed by articles 1424-8 to 1424-13.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 A

…funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to Ordinance No. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60

…mplementation of : 1° This Code and for the purposes of fraud detection ; 2° Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the European Union…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-11-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act No. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal per…

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