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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1638-0 bis

…eration with additional own taxation, carried out under the conditions provided for by article L. 5211-41-3 of the General Code of Territorial Authorities, the public establishment of intercommunal co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1221-4

…es Code is also tracked separately in the accounts. " V.-For the application of the article L. 6355-11 of the Labour Code, the words: "on the one hand, and apprenticeship, on the other" are replaced b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-28

…commitments expressed in units of account, and in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 343-11 and R. 343-12 in the case of commitments giving rise to the establishment of a diversification pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specific insurance accounting policies and valuations

Article A343-2-1

I.- Pursuant to Article R. 343-11, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may request that an expert appraisal be carried out to determine the value of all or part of the assets of under…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article L211-20

…unt opened in the name of the account holder and held by an intermediary referred to in article L. 211-3, a central depository or, where applicable, the issuer.In the absence of a special account, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

…6, the information and documents relating to this scheme referred to in articles L. 526-7 to L. 526-11 and L. 526-14 to L. 526-17. A Conseil d'Etat decree specifies the information and documents that…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27

…nsumers, insofar as it concerns a service they provide: 1° The information mentioned in articles L. 111-1, L. 221-5 and, where applicable, L. 221-8 and L. 221-11 ; 2° The information mentioned in arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIa: Profits on forward financial instruments

Article 150 ter

…l contracts, also referred to as "financial futures instruments", mentioned in III of l'article L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, by individuals domiciled in France for tax purposes within…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-6

…The same applies when the authorisation is terminated for one of the reasons set out in article 494-11.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-6

…ations; 3° The internal organisation of the institution under the conditions defined in article L. 711-7 of the Education Code, in particular the creation of the directorates, departments, units, serv…

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