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

Article R332-2-1

When an undertaking invests, directly or indirectly, in negotiable debt securities, bonds, units or shares mentioned in 2°, 2°c or 6° of A of article R. 332-2 as well as in negotiable debt securities…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIa: Profits on forward financial instruments

Article 150 ter

…ideration of financial contracts, also referred to as "financial futures instruments", mentioned in III of l'article L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, by individuals domiciled in France for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…a person is placed under judicial supervision and is subject to the obligation provided for in 12° bis of Article 138. II to IV of Article 11-2 shall apply to the arrangements for transmitting and st…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 B

…wn tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from business property tax establishments that benefit from the exemption provided for i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 ter

…r a trust agreement who carry out an activity under the conditions set out in articles 1447 et 1447 bis and whose turnover exceeds €152,500 are subject to the business value added contribution.II. - 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

…e scheme applies : 1° For user companies, to the legal entities listed in a to g of 1 ofarticle 238 bis of the General Tax Code, to young companies that have been in existence for less than eight year…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 nonies

…n. For companies that are members of a group within the meaning of Article 223 A or l'article 223 A bis, the corporation tax payable by the acquired company means the amount it would have had to pay i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Short-stay visas

Article L312-1

…for short-stay visas are submitted and processed under the conditions laid down in Chapters II and III of Title III of Regulation No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions concerning the sporting events referred to in paragraph 2 of article R. 331-19

Article A331-22

…ticle R. 331-19 of the French Sports Code are grouped into four categories corresponding to annexes III-22 to III-25 : - land motor vehicle events in which speed is one of the essential elements of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-13-1

If a property loan within the meaning of Chapter III of Title I of Book III of the Consumer Code subject to the provisions relating to the assessment of consumer solvency includes as a precondition th…

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