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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

I. - Without prejudice to Articles L. 511-41-3 and L. 612-30 to L. 612-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a credit institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-1-1

I.-A commission for drawing up electoral lists is set up in each district of a territorial chamber of commerce and industry. For local or departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-F…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 990 I

…nuary 2016, a partial or total transformation falling within the scope of I of Article 1 of the loi n° 2005-842 du 26 juillet 2005 pour la confiance et la modernisation de l'économie or 2° du I de art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quaterdecies

I. - Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of l'article 4 B who acquire a home used as their main residence, either directly or through a company not subject to corporation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-4

The institutions for occupational retirement provision referred to in Article L. 370-1 are subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and, where applicable, by othe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater C

I. - Companies operating in Mayotte and taxed on the basis of their actual profits or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A and 44 duodecies to 44 septdecies may benefit from…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative composition

Article R232-89

I.-On receipt of the interested party's observations, the Agency may ask him to provide additional information and documents within a time limit that it shall determine and may submit these observatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-17

The synthetic index of resources and charges mentioned in article L. 2334-16 for municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more is made up of:1° The ratio between the per capita financial potential of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: General principles relating to insurance mediation

Article R512-3

I.-The body provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 512-1 shall take the form of an association. The articles of association of the association thus created shall be approved by order…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-8

The judgment opening the safeguard proceedings shall be mentioned together with an indication of the powers conferred on the administrator, where one has been appointed, in the register of commerce an…

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