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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Other payment instruments

Article D734-12

…ation of I:1° In Articles D. 133-8 to D. 133-12, the references to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 are replaced by references to an Order of the Minister responsib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Other payment instruments

Article D732-12

…ation of I:1° In Articles D. 133-8 to D. 133-12, the references to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 are replaced by references to an Order of the Minister responsib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Other payment instruments

Article D733-12

…ation of I:1° In Articles D. 133-8 to D. 133-12, the references to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 are replaced by references to an Order of the Minister responsib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-33

…ode is requested by an operator in accordance with point 3 of Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article D5141-88-1

…granted a marketing authorisation for a limited market as referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies GA

I. - Insurance and reinsurance companies are authorised to set aside, free of tax, a provision relating to their credit insurance operations other than those carried out for export on behalf of the St…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 369

…offenders from confiscation of objects used to conceal the fraud; c) Reduce the amount of sums in lieu of confiscation of fraudulent goods; d) Reduce the amount of tax fines to below the minimum amoun…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission

Article L212-9

Within the framework of the principles defined in article L. 212-6, the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique decides on the following two criteria: 1° The potential effect on the…

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

Article 242 ter B

I. - 1. Persons who ensure the payment of income distributed by a real estate investment trust, as mentioned in a du 1 du II de l'article 239 nonies, are required to declare, on the declaration mentio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12-3

Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to work in France in the context…

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