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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-6

I.-Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution the solvency and financial position report, the regular report to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Tax on commercial wasteland

Article 1530

…ishment for inter-communal cooperation communicates each year to the tax administration, before 1st October of the year preceding the tax year, the list of addresses of the properties likely to be con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater

…he same article 287 filed in respect of the month of September; 2° In other cases, no later than 25 October, when filing the appendix to the declaration provided for in the same 1 filed with the colle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…former employees within the framework of company mutual funds governed by Chapter III of loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières et porta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 78

…icer shall draw up a record of their statements. The judicial police officers designated in article 20 may also, under the supervision of a judicial police officer, hear the persons summoned. The repo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Rights increases

Article 1758 A

…equal to 10% of the duties charged to the taxpayer or of the undue claim.The increase is raised to 20% in the event of late filing within thirty days of formal notice.II. - This increase is not appli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

…ailures to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article L613-46-6

…in two days to the European Banking Authority on the basis of Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. The decision of the competen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-2

…ising defined in Article L. 5213-1 relates to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 which have the EU declaration…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article D532-23

…asset management company intends to amend any of the disclosures referred to in II ofArticle D. 532-20 or, as the case may be, provided for inArticle L. 532-23, it shall inform the Autorité de contrôl…

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