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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional documents issued to foreign nationals who have been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection status

Article R431-15-4

For the application of article L. 424-10, as soon as they are granted subsidiary protection, foreign nationals are informed of the procedures enabling them to access the teleservice mentioned in artic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-15

The company provided for in Article L. 422-7-1 is entered on the list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Articles L. 422-1 and L. 422-7, in a section specific to multi-professional pract…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-15-4

If a postal vote has been organised, the envelopes used to cast the vote are counted before the count provided for in article D. 4233-15-3, as and when they are received, in the electoral register ref…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

…d. The benefit of the exemption is also subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioni…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15-2

Where an institution mentioned in Article L. 370-1 of the Insurance Code and offering the operations mentioned in Articles L. 3334-1 to L. 3334-9 and L. 3334-11 to L. 3334-16 of the Labour Code has br…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-15

The information that must be included in the annual report drawn up by the person responsible for ruling on compulsory prior administrative appeals is set out in the table in Annex II to this code.Thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-15-2

The AMF shall draw up a list of the information that it deems necessary to carry out the assessment provided for in Article R. 532-15-1 and that must be communicated to it as part of the notification…

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

Article 1599 quater C

…t, for 2023, in application of the table below:1st CIRCONSCRIPTION 2nd REGION 3rd CIRCONSCRIPTION 4.77 € 2.76 € 1.40 €By way of derogation, for parking areas that are commercially operated, the rates…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Business secrecy.

Article R463-15-1

For the application of Article L. 463-4 as part of the review of proposed mergers provided for in Title III, persons providing information to the Competition Authority shall at the same time specify t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D

…me shares, units or rights, mentioned in article 150-0 A, as well as the distributions mentioned in 7,7 bis and the last two paragraphs of 8 of II of the same article, to article 150-0 F and 1 of II o…

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