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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-8

…ities. In addition, an expert valuation is carried out at least every five years. This valuation is optional for the companies mentioned in the fifth paragraph of III of Article L. 214-165-1 whose sec…

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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

…nts is either the sale of such an instrument followed by the purchase of another instrument, or the exercise of the right to make a change to an existing financial instrument.II - With a view to provi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tariffs

Article 1001

The rate of the special tax on insurance contracts is set:1° For fire insurance:A 7% for fire insurance relating to non-exempt agricultural risks; generally speaking, the following are considered as h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article D1524-7

The report referred to in the fourteenth paragraph of Article L. 1524-5 of this code includes the following information: 1° A presentation of the semi-public company recalling its history, its corpora…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…regulations refer to the provisions specified in the savings plan regulations.The Supervisory Board exercises the voting rights attached to the securities held in the fund and decides on the contribut…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 A

…7 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid. However, at the option of companies carrying out the operations mentioned in the first paragraph in regional aid are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-4

…l Register of Companies. In the absence of a declaration of professional activity, a spouse who has exercised a professional activity on a regular basis in the company is deemed to have done so under…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-5

…rformance, a phonogram or a videogram to the public under the conditions mentioned in I may only be exercised by a collective management organisation. If this organisation is governed by the law of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L366-2

…cur in New Caledonia, as well as guarantees for their repatriation; " 3° Documents required for the exercise of a professional activity if he/she intends to exercise one. " By way of derogation from t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-19

…d against a person invested with a public elective office by reason of his functions or office, may exercise the rights granted to the civil party, if the public prosecution has been initiated by the…

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