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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-2

…ed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code, or a company with its registered office in another Member State of the European Union, in another State party to the Agreement on the European E…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special arrangements applicable to distance sales of goods imported from third countries or territories

Article 298 sexdecies H

…ce selling of goods imported from third territories or countries; 2° Any taxable person, whether or not established on the territory of the European Union, carrying out distance selling of goods impor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…IAL DEEDTITLE II.-TRADERS' TITLEChapter I.-Definition and statusArticles R. 121-1 to R. 121-5Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Chapter III.-General obligations of tradersArticle R. 123-1Decree N…

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

Article L225-27-1

…employees.A company whose principal activity is to acquire and manage subsidiaries and holdings may not implement the obligation provided for in the first paragraph of this I if it meets each of the f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies A

…the operation of a bi-fuel engine of type 1A as defined in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2011 of 25 May 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation and amendment of Regula…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…presentation of an authorisation, licence, certificate, etc., the goods are prohibited if they are not accompanied by a regular document of title or if they are presented under cover of a non-applica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, convenes and consults the social and economic committee under the conditions set out in article L. 2323-31 and in articles : 1° L. 1233-8, f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…by his customer or by a third party:a. For supplies of goods or services which he carries out for another taxable person, or for a non-taxable legal person, and which are not exempt pursuant to Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-11

…rred to in Article L. 334-1 is made up, after deduction of losses, the portion of acquisition costs not recognised as a representation of regulated commitments and other intangible items, of the follo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-3

…rred to in Article L. 334-1 is made up, after deduction of losses, the portion of acquisition costs not recognised as a representation of regulated commitments and other intangible items, of the follo…

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