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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-25

…third party, meeting the obligations set out in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/576 of 15 December 2017 on the necessary technical standards for security features applied to t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater D

…paragraph, reduced by the share that this tax would have procured if the departmental tax rate for 2018 had been applied.From the tax assessments drawn up in respect of 2021, the proceeds apportioned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-24

…information communicated to it under Articles L. 561-15, L. 561-25, L. 561-25-1, L. 561-27, L. 561-28 and L. 561-29. This objection may also be extended, in advance, to the execution of any other tra…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

…mage ;25 Damage to professional property ;26 Damage to agricultural property ;27 Natural disasters ;28 General civil liability ;29 Legal protection ;30 Assistance ;31 Miscellaneous pecuniary losses ;3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…of an economic and financial nature or by venture capital mutual funds mentioned in article L. 214-28 of the present code, under the terms of article L. 3332-17-1 of the same code or by venture capit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…ril 2016" are deleted;2° In Article D. 533-11, the words: "mentioned in Article 6 of the Order of 2 November 1945", the words: "mentioned in Article 1 of Law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985" and the words:…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXa: Declaration by management companies of venture capital mutual funds, professional investment funds, partnerships and venture capital companies

Article 242 quinquies

…ided for in 1° of II of Article 163 quinquies B and the limit provided for in III of article L. 214-28 of the Monetary and Financial Code, or the investment quota and limit provided for in I and II of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Income and capital gains distributed by a property investment fund

Article 242 ter B

…ress of the beneficiaries and details of the amount taxable under the rules referred to in articles 28 to 33 quinquies. Persons who ensure the payment of income distributed by a real estate investment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other powers

Article L785-9

…of 25 July 2013 L. 621-20-4 Law no. 2014-1545 of 20 December 2014 L. 621-20-6 Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 L. 621-21, with the exception of II Law no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 II.-For th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-2

…for authorisation referred to in Article R. 752-44-3, a model of which is appended to the Order of 28 June 2019 setting the content of the application form for authorisation to draw up the certificat…

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