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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-2

…the performance of an obligation, whether contractual or not, and whether or not for consideration; 12° Concentration of risks: any exposure to risks with a loss potential large enough to jeopardise t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…up: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €25,000 and greater than or equal to €12,000. II.-A.-The coefficients applied to the duration of the works are as follows: 1° First group:…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-26

…is sufficient to enable the user of the accounts to make an informed judgement. Refusal to certify 12. The statutory auditor shall formulate a refusal to certify on the grounds of disagreement: -when…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

…transfer of equity securities or shares to a fonds de pérennité mentioned in Article 177 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses when it is set up is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-7

…ual for each commune to the product of its population by an amount of 64.46 euros per inhabitant to 128.93 euros per inhabitant in increasing proportion to the population of the commune, under conditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-37

…LAUNDERING AND THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM Introduction Introduction 1 Pursuant to Article L. 561-2 12° bis of the Monetary and Financial Code, statutory auditors shall implement the obligations relat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2

…rates are given in table I :10/109/108/107/106/105/104/103/102/101/101/20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200

…to 2a, university foundations or partnership foundations mentioned respectively in articles L. 719-12 and L. 719-13 of the Education Code and, for employees, corporate officers, members and sharehold…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L613-38

…nd) under the resolution financing scheme under the conditions set out in III and IV of Article L. 312-5 or, where applicable, one or more other equivalent schemes in other Member States of the Europe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 205 B

…expenses are considered to be the income or expenses of one or more other persons by another State; 12° Financial instrument within the meaning of a of 1°: an instrument which generates a financial re…

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