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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to financial investments

Article A422-4

…unlisted equities ; 3° 6% for all unlisted infrastructure investments (in capital); 4° 20% for real estate investments; 5° 5% for economic loan funds. These ceilings are assessed at market value. If o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Property and property investment by public health institutions

Article L6148-7-1

…ry and Financial Code, the purpose of which is the construction, modification or renovation of real estate assets meeting a need specified by the public authority and intended to be made available to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-52

When the settlement consists of the seizure of an item in favour of the State, the person must return the item to the court clerk's office against a receipt within the allotted time. If the item has b…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352 bis

Where a person has unduly paid national duties and taxes recovered in accordance with the procedures of this Code, he may obtain reimbursement, unless the duties and taxes have been passed on to the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-7

A in Article L. 141-13, the words: "by Articles 638 and 653 of the General Tax Code" are replaced by the words: "by the provisions of the Tax Code applicable in New Caledonia relating to verbal transf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-7

…determine the leasing, rental or supply contracts for goods or services necessary to maintain the business in the light of the observations of the debtor's co-contractors transmitted to the liquidato…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L912-4

…article L. 225-115, the words: payments made pursuant to 1 and 4 of article 238 bis of the General Tax Code are replaced by the words: tax deductions provided for by the locally applicable provisions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article L4414-5

The Ile-de-France region benefits from the allocation of a share of the annual tax on parking areas governed by article 1599 quater C of the General Tax Code, up to a limit of €66 million

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts involving instalments

Article R2191-14

…awarded, where the amount of the advance payment is less than 80% of the amount of the tranche inclusive of all taxes, its reimbursement must be completed when the amount of the services performed by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Performance of the credit agreement

Article D312-18

…312-40, an indemnity equal to the difference between, on the one hand, the residual value excluding taxes of the goods stipulated in the contract, increased by the updated value, on the date of termin…

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