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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-18

…luable consideration are recorded at their acquisition cost, goods acquired free of charge at their market value and goods produced at their production cost. For fixed assets, the values used in the i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 ter

…ciable intangible elements or shares in commercial companies that are not negotiable on a regulated market under the conditions provided for in 3 or 4 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-2

…unt the smaller size of these economies, local demographic dynamics and the situation on the labour market. The immigration observatories provided for in Article L. 158-1 of this Code may be consulted…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-62

…He is the authorising officer for expenditure and revenue. It concludes contracts, agreements and markets in compliance with the provisions of article D. 211-59. It appoints to positions for which n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-2

…or contractual obligations. The action is not open to associations whose ancillary activity is the marketing of one of the products mentioned in the same II. The action may only relate to compensatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-25

…n devices containing radioactive sources or ionising radiation generators are made available on the market, suppliers shall provide the purchaser with adequate information on the potential radiologica…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-24

…free competition and the widest possible dissemination of works, due to their size on the national market or the number of cinemas in an establishment they operate, are required to sign up and have t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L213-28

Any distributor who, in his capacity as assignee or agent, has exploitation rights for the marketing of a feature-length cinematographic work eligible for financial support for production from the Cen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Marketing of structured deposits

Article L511-105

When they market structured deposits within the meaning of Article L. 312-22 or when they provide advice on these deposits, credit institutions are subject to the provisions of 2°, 3° and 6° of II of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-1-2

…on an ongoing basis, in particular by simulating the impact of changes in interest rates and stock market prices on their assets and liabilities and by making comparative estimates of the payability…

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