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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-14

…y, as defined in 21° of Article L. 613-34-1, in any of the group's resolution groups, as defined in 22° of the same article; 3° A credit institution subsidiary has been designated as being responsible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Vaccinations.

Article L3111-9

…n for Medical Accidents, Iatrogenic Diseases and Nosocomial Infections set up under article L. 1142-22, on the basis of national solidarity.The Office will arrange for an expert report to be drawn up…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-77

…1-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The certificate of participation provided for in Article R. 22-10-28 is attached to the form;3° The signature, electronic where applicable, of the shareholder o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Refusal, suspension and withdrawal of modelling agency licences

Article R7123-14

…of modelling agency set out in Articles L. 7123-14, L. 7123-15, L. 7123-17, L. 7123-19 and L. 7123-22, are not or are no longer complied with. It is withdrawn if the provisions of article R. 7123-15…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter VI: City of Paris

Article 1656 quater

…ty of Paris is assimilated to a department. However, City of Paris properties which, on 31 December 2018 belonged to the municipality or department of Paris and were exempt from property tax on built…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-3

…ty and social cohesion grant, it receives, by way of guarantee, a grant equal to 90% in 2017,75% in 2018 and 50% in 2019 of the amount received in 2016. The sums required are taken from the appropriat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-7

…of Article L. 3334-7-1 of this code, in respect of the previous year.In 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, if the amount provided for in the second paragraph of this I is less than, respectively, €2 mi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Fixed procedural fees

Article 1018 A

…ants classified as narcotics pursuant to article L. 235-1 du code de la route ou du 3° des articles 221-6-1, 222-19-1 ou 222-20-1 of the Penal Code, the fixed procedural fees provided for in this arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768

The automated national criminal record, which may include one or more processing centres, is kept under the authority of the Minister of Justice. It receives, as far as persons born in France are conc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-12

…lating to the contribution of business assets to a company set out in articles L. 141-21 and L. 141-22, any sale or transfer of business assets, whether or not made conditionally or in the form of ano…

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