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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-42

…liability management structure, in particular with regard to the ability of the candidates to effectively manage the commitments concerned by the trust contract. III - The collège de résolution approv…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-4

…ithout the consent of the proprietor of the Community trade mark, shall constitute an infringement giving rise to civil liability on the part of the infringer:a) Of a sign identical to the Community t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209 B

…stablished or incorporated outside France and where this business or legal entity is subject to a privileged tax regime within the meaning of article 238 A, the profits or positive income of this comp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231

…al authorities, their personalised boards mentioned in article L. 1412-2 du code général des collectivités territoriales et de leurs groupements, des établissements publics de coopération culturelle m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289

…2. Invoices may be physically issued by the customer or by a third party where the taxable person gives them a mandate to do so. Subject to acceptance by the taxable person, each invoice is then issu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-1

…ation has been ordered in application of chapter II of the present title or by the State representative in the department when hospitalisation has been ordered in application of chapter III of the pre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-1

…t firm in a Member State or by an EU parent investment firm, it is the competent authority on an individual basis for the only credit institution subsidiary or for the credit institution subsidiary wi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: General principles

Article A512-1

…atural person, the applicant's identity, the address of the establishment where the professional activity is carried out, or failing that, the address of the residential premises where the business is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Criminal provisions

Article R162-5

…25-8 or a bureau de change, fails to withdraw from circulation, prior to issuing euro banknotes received from the public, banknotes which he has sufficient reason to believe to be counterfeit; An empl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-4

…ed-rate parking charge due is notified by a payment notice that comprises two parts entitled respectively "Establishment of the payment notice for the fixed-rate parking charge" and "Payment procedure…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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