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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…d referred to in a and b may, under conditions set by its internal regulations and up to a limit of 300,000 euros per year, allocate part of the proceeds of financial penalties imposed by the Enforcem…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R314-3

…ments and payments of charges, i.e. : You can view the image in the facsimile of the JO n º 0151 du 30/06/2016, texte n º 62 https :// www. legifrance. gouv. fr/ jo _ pdf. do? id = JORFTEXT00003279775…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-5

I.-For the application of Article L. 111-4-1, the following sports and leisure articles are subject to the provisions of this article: 1° Bicycles, as defined in Article 1 of Decree no. 2016-364 of 29…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

…emselves. V.-Animation production" group The "Animation production" group is allocated a maximum of 30 points, divided between the following two sub-groups: 1° "First stage of animation production" su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
20°: Tax reduction for donations made by individuals

Article 200

…of 4 of article 261 to people in difficulty. These payments are subject to a limit of €562 from the 2022 income tax year. They are not taken into account when applying the limit mentioned in 1. Notwit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-5

…nce company concerned; 6° Participate, at the request of a central body mentioned in Article L. 511-30, in the action of the latter by bearing part of the cost of measures intended to guarantee the so…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 C

…der the same conditions a) The central bodies, funds and federations referred to in Articles L. 511-30, L. 512-55 and in b of Article L. 512-1-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as their mem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6

…the overall sales area;- the sales area and sector of activity of each of the shops with more than 300 square metres of sales area;- the estimated number of shops with less than 300 square metres of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article Annexe

…State aid, the centre must organise one or more vocational training courses that meet the priority guidelines and intervention criteria defined by the vocational training authorities. Article 2 The c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article D533-16-1

…o Articles 10 to 15 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to promote sustainable investment and amending Regulat…

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