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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-1

…d, directly or indirectly, a stake in an undertaking referred to in 1° of article L. 310-2 or 1° of III of article L. 310-1-1 of this code must be notified to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1517

…date mentioned in A of the same II;c) For property assessed according to the rules provided for in III of article 1498, on the date mentioned in B of the same III.However, industrial fixed assets sub…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 C

…mentioned in article 163 quinquies D of this code or in an employee savings plan mentioned in Title III of Book III of Part Three of the Labour Code, nor to the fraction of payments made in respect of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 266

…the transaction:Transactions carried out by an intermediary referred to in V of Article 256 and in III of l'article 256 bis ;Operations carried out by persons established in France who act as interme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289 A

…department, who completes the formalities relating to the transaction in question and pays the tax.III. - By way of derogation from the first paragraph of I, persons not established in the European U…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 965

…or jointly with the persons referred to in 1° of this article, controls within the meaning of 2° of III of Article 150-0 B ter, or which the taxpayer or one of the persons mentioned in 1° of this arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Preliminary title

Article D1-1

…of Rights, as soon as possible, his decision indicating whether or not he approves the settlement. III.-If the settlement is approved, the Defender of Rights shall notify the perpetrator by means of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L774-15

I.-Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the first column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the secon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-14

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions set out in II and III, the articles mentioned in the first column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-3

…st paragraph of this II may define best practices relating to the implementation of its provisions. III.-Without prejudice to the provisions of II, digital copies or reproductions of works that have b…

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