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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Provisions applicable to French Guiana

Article A429-1

…rts Committee; c) One representative of an approved sports federation within the meaning of Article L. 131-8 constituted to organise the practice of a single sporting discipline or related Olympic dis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Rules relating to non-marine damage insurance

Article A125-1

The insurance contracts referred to in article L. 125-1 (first paragraph) are deemed to contain clauses that comply with those set out in Annex I to this article. The insurance contracts referred to i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article A421-13

The rates of the contribution to the guarantee fund provided for in I of Article L. 421-10-1 are set as follows: 1° The rate applicable to the difference between the premiums for the last ten financia…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1461 A

…operty tax, when their health project is validated under the conditions provided for in the article L. 1434-12 of the Public Health Code and they have entered into the agreement provided for in articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title I: Rules common to non-marine damage insurance and life and health insurance

Article A112-1

The information document provided for in article L. 112-10, inviting policyholders to check whether they already have cover for one of the risks covered by the new contract and informing them of their…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Operating conditions

Article A743-4

…tion of funds or financial instruments received by the clerk of the commercial courts under Article L. 3253-15 of the French Labour Code, the deposits held in each mandatory deposit account shall earn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of industrial and commercial profits

Article 35 A

…article 239 nonies du présent code au titre de la fraction du résultat mentionné au 1° de l'article L. 214-51 of the Monetary and Financial Code relating to the assets mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of A…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-13

…ad to allocate to own funds in order to satisfy, in the case of undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 and the supplementary occupational pension funds referred to in Article L. 381-1, the reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article A232-2

The currency used for the corporate income tax report referred to in Article L. 233-28-1 is the currency used for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements of the company to which the r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-177

…to ensure that the person declaring that he/she is carrying out the activity mentioned in article L. 212-1 for remuneration has not been convicted of a crime or one of the offences mentioned in arti…

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