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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R613-1-B

…ph 2 of Article 312 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. II - For the purposes of Articles L. 613-20-1 and L. 613-21-1, relevant information is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Tax regimes

Article 69 D

…ies engaged in agricultural activity, other than those mentioned in article 71, created as from 1st January 1997 and whose results are taxed under the conditions provided for in l'article 8, are subje…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-7

…gnificant fault or negligence are defined in Annex 1 of the said Code, in the version in force on 1 January 2021.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-8

…products, their use and their circulation, in compliance with the provisions of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-11

…plied by the minimum monthly growth wage, including social security contributions, as assessed at 1 January of the current year.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-4

…nts concerned, a cinema is transferred from one circuit to another, this transfer takes effect on 1 January of the calendar year following the date of the request and the sums calculated on 31 Decembe…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Common provisions

Article R532-7

…in articles 61 et seq. of decree no. 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 implementing decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 on the reform of land registration, for the provisional registration of mortgages, and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis I

…employing ten or fewer employees is exempt from payroll tax. 2. (Repealed for salaries paid from 1 January 1996). 3. For companies other than those mentioned in 1, as stated in the first paragraph of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-3

…L. 2321-2 will come into force as from the 1997 financial year for fixed assets acquired as from 1 January 1996 and for loan guarantees granted as from the same date.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-10

…onvention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, opened for signature in New York on 10 January 2000, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions set out in Article 689-1 any person g…

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