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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-7

As soon as it receives an application for authorisation pursuant to Article L. 54-10-5, the AMF will investigate the application. It may ask the applicant for any additional information needed to exam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds.

Article D2573-59

I.-The provisions of Chapter V of Title III of Book III of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below are applicable in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Proceedings before Disciplinary Boards

Article R4443-4

I.-Articles R. 4234-7 to R. 4234-17 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-166

…ive substances by the European Medicines Agency in application of Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93

1. The profit to be included in the income tax base is made up of the excess of total revenue over the expenses required to carry on the profession. Subject to the provisions of article 151 sexies, it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-1

Commercial authorisation is required for projects involving:1° The creation of a retail shop with a sales area of more than 1,000 square metres, resulting either from a new construction or from the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-1

I. - The preparatory certificate for the duties of statutory auditor provided for in article R. 822-2 is organised each year. Candidates for the preparatory certificate for the duties of statutory aud…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56

…ing of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, which is subject to an internal bail-out measure. The Board of Directors may waive pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article D4312-10

…state of the local authority provided for in the tenth paragraph of Article 33 of Act no. 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale. C. -…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…France of areas concerned by Objective 2 provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1260/1999, of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, excluding municipa…

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