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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 983

Persons owning assets mentioned in article 965 located in France without having their tax domicile there as well as persons mentioned in 2 of article 4 B may be invited by the tax department to appoin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R1313-34

The budget includes in particular: 1° Revenue: a) Subsidies from the State, regional and local authorities and other public bodies; b) Subsidies from international organisations and the European Union…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-44

Subject to articles L. 225-21-1, L. 225-22, L. 225-23, L. 225-27 and L. 225-27-1, directors may not receive from the company any remuneration, permanent or otherwise, other than that provided for in a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Professional certificate in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-12

The professional certificate is awarded for a subject area, a multi-disciplinary area or a specific field. Each option is created after consultation with the "sport and entertainment" professional adv…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-31

In the case referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 356-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution exercises general supervision over transactions between insurance or reinsuranc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-12

When the request from the accused provided for in article 495-15 requesting the application of the procedure for appearing in court on prior recognition of guilt is sent to the public prosecutor more…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-29

Where the application by the accused provided for in article 495-15 seeking the application of the procedure for appearing on appeal on a preliminary admission of guilt shall be sent to the Public Pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VIII: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK VI RELATING TO BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Article L781-2

For the application of this Title in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° A financial institution is defined in accordance with Article L. 72…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-49

The information contained in the report relates to the entire concession perimeter; it is established where necessary on the basis of a data allocation method that is detailed in the report. The repor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…es titres d'indemnisation prioritaires et des titres d'indemnisation créés en application de la loi n° 78-1 du 2 janvier 1978 relative à l'indemnisation des français rapatriés d'outre-mer.21° Les avan…

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