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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-22

…l number of seats. The statutes of the unions concerned existing on the date of promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

I. - An interbank settlement system or a system for the settlement and delivery of financial instruments means a national or international procedure organising relations between at least three partici…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

Under the conditions set out in this Title, administrative penalties may be imposed on persons who have failed to comply with the obligations resulting for them from: 1° Provisions adopted for the app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L783-2

…ting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A, B of I and IIILaw 2021…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L784-2

…ting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A, B of I and IIILaw 2021…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-26

The professional practice standard relating to the statutory auditor's reports on the annual and consolidated financial statements, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP-700. Statut…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…rposes mentioned in Article L. 2352-1 of the same Code; 2° Goods covered by articles 2 and 3 of Act no. 92-1477 of 31 December 1992 relating to products subject to certain movement restrictions and to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…governed by the Insurance Code, or set up by the bodies mentioned in VII of article 5 of Ordinance no. 2001-350 of 19 April 2001 relating to the Mutual Code and transposing Council Directives 92/49/E…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 A

1. Net capital gains and profits generated on all assets contributed as a result of a merger are not subject to corporation tax.The same applies to any capital gains generated by the acquiring company…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Petroleum products

Article 298

1. For the application of this article:1° Petroleum products means petroleum products and assimilated products, excluding natural gas;2° Excise suspension schemes means the schemes mentioned in Articl…

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