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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-5

…ual Property Code.III - By way of exception to II and for acts committed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024, the rights and actions arising from this article shall be exercised by the Organis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVI: Leasing transactions

Article 239 sexies D

…least fifteen years. These provisions apply to transactions entered into between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2015 for the leasing, under a leasing contract, of buildings located in regional aid are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-26

…mmittee recalculates this reduction in the amount entered in the initial Finance Act, no later than 31 July of the year following the allocation, on the basis of the rate of change between the actual…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-66

…ch is not subject to the other provisions of Article L. 214-28, Article L. 214-30 or Article L. 214-31.III. - (Repealed)IV. - A local investment fund must comply with the provisions of this article at…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…rform duties in respect of that branch equivalent to those assigned by Articles L. 533-29 to L. 533-31-5 to the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body performing equivalent superv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater C

I. - Companies operating in Mayotte and taxed on the basis of their actual profits or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A and 44 duodecies to 44 septdecies may benefit from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 E

…art of the transactions mentioned in Article 19 of the Amending Finance Law for 1981, n° 81-1179 du 31 décembre 1981, and to Article 14 of the amended finance law for 1982, n° 82-1152 of 30 December 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L541-1

…supplementary occupational pension funds; 2° The persons mentioned in d and g of 2° of Article L. 531-2. IV -Financial investment advisers may only give legal advice or draw up private deeds for othe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-29

…mple is sent by the holder, at his expense, to one of the laboratories mentioned in articles R. 512-31 and R. 512-32 designated by the authorised agent. If the analysis establishes that the sample doe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-4

…ns and the Office des postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française shall, between 1 June and 31 July, at the invitation of the High Commissioner and in the presence of the Institut d'émission d…

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