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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies BA

…levy collected by the public inter-municipal cooperation establishments mentioned in II of article 1379-0 bis is equal to the share mentioned in 5° of I of article 1379, by the fraction defined in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-24

…20. NEP-620 Intervention by an expert Introduction 01. Pursuant to the provisions of article L. 823-13 of the French Commercial Code and Article 7 of the profession's Code of Ethics, the statutory aud…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of the payer's payment service provider

Article L722-9

…the conditions set out in Article L. 561-12 ; 2° The principal is one of the persons referred to in 13° of Article L. 561-2, in the situations set out in II and III of Article L. 561-3. V.-By way of d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-3

…ons; 3° The provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 752-44-9 and those of Article R. 752-44-13 relating to the procedures for sending the certificate of conformity to the prefect of the départ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AE

…1 of the Public Health Code of each:1° Application for registration referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14 of the same code, of each application for renewal or of each application or notifi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R1521-1

…411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte andorder no. 2006-1588 of 13 December 2006 relating to the system of prevention, compensation and pricing of accidents at work…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-86

…for in Articles L. 5121-12 and L. 5121-12-1, or of the registration provided for in article L. 5121-13 or of an import authorisation provided for in article L. 5124-13 in the event of a stock shortage…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-71

…aries and discretionary pension benefits as defined in Article 4(1)(73) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, of credit institutions and finance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-26

…2-12 or, in the case of other States, under the bilateral agreements provided for in Article L. 632-13 or with the express agreement of the competent authority responsible for a task similar to that e…

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