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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-58

…d their subscriptions, or of delegates elected by these members. For the application of this second option, the member-policyholders may be divided into groups according to the nature of the contract…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions relating to checks prior to opening a Livret A passbook account

Article R221-123

…information provided by the tax authorities using a form offering the customer the following three options: 1° Either close the existing Livret A account(s) itself. In this case, the credit instituti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation

Article D614-2

…Chairman, the Committee may decide by written consultation.When the Committee avails itself of this option, the Chairman shall obtain the comments and opinions of the Committee members within a time l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article 4425-34

…ngible 2° Tangible, with the exception of road networks and installations for which depreciation is optional. This depreciation does not apply to fixed assets owned by the Corsican local authority and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

…s, on the one hand, offices as such and their immediate and essential outbuildings intended for the exercise of an activity, of whatever nature, by private individuals or legal entities, or used by th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article L214-190-1

…version, exchange or redemption of debt securities or securities giving access to capital or by the exercise of rights attached to such securities. III. - By way of derogation from III of Article L. 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Interest on arrears

Article 1727

…tarily submits an amending tax return before expiry of the period allowed for the administration to exercise its right of recovery, provided, on the one hand, the rectification does not concern an off…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIa: Tax to finance the local authority support fund

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…s not belonging to a group, within the meaning of the same III, or when the parent company does not exercise exclusive control over the supervised company on a corporate or sub-consolidated basis. In…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

…31-1, L. 542-1, L. 543-1 and L. 549-2, or have the power to sign on behalf of this organisation; 2° Exercise one of the professions or activities mentioned in Articles L. 341-1, L. 519-1, L. 523-1, L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-1

…t to the public inter-municipal cooperation establishment to which the municipality belongs for the exercise of the latter's competencies.III. - The services of a public establishment for inter-munici…

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