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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

…e agreements and the deadlines set for the competent bodies to give their opinion. If the latter issue an unfavourable opinion, the company will forward this opinion to the professionals mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10

…ons or other tasks to third parties. In such cases, they shall take reasonable steps to avoid an undue increase in operational risk; 5° Have robust security mechanisms in place to ensure the security…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AH

…ses ; 2° It has the effect of converting income into capital, donations or other categories of revenue that are taxed at a lower level or are not taxed; 3° It includes circular transactions resulting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 AB

…mentioned in the first paragraph of 1 of article 200-0 A may be carried forward to the income tax due for the following years up to and including the fifth year. For the purposes of determining this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

…le on the day of publication of the decision of the Autorité des marchés financiers ; 3° When an issuer, other than a financial institution within the meaning of Article L. 214-166-1 of this Code, sub…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 9: Control of securities

Article 67 quater

…cross borders (Schengen Borders Code), designated by decree on the basis of the extent of their frequentation and their vulnerability, verify compliance, by persons whose foreign nationality can be de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° ter : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of press companies.

Article 199 terdecies-0 C

…r following the year in which they were subscribed, the tax reduction obtained is added to the tax due for the year in which they were sold.The same applies when all or part of the securities subscrib…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVIII: Tax credit for competitiveness and employment

Article 244 quater C

…f I of l'article 156. V. - The bodies responsible for collecting the social security contributions due for employing the persons mentioned in I are authorised to receive, as part of the declarations t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to sanitation

Article L2224-8

…sport and treatment of wastewater and the disposal of the sludge produced. They may also, at the request of the owners, ensure the work to bring the works referred to in Article L. 1331-4 of the Publi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

…the conditions laid down by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat. A reporting entity that relies on the due diligence of a third party remains responsible for compliance with its obligations. II. - The per…

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