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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 1)

…territorywith lip incontinence including dental sensory deficit : - unilateralup to 5- bilateral5 à 12 %Hypoesthesia or anaesthesia with dysaesthesia in the territory of the lingual nerve : - unilater…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.

Article R214-186

…f UCITS benefiting from a simplified procedure under article L. 214-35 as it read prior to 2 August 2003; 5° In units of futures market mutual funds referred to in Article L. 214-42 as it read prior t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L242-1

Any natural or legal person who, acting in the capacity of owner, vendor or agent of the owner of the building, has building work carried out, must take out insurance before the start of the worksite,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-4

I. - Exposures to the public entities referred to in Article L. 513-2 are assets, such as loans, or off-balance sheet commitments to or fully guaranteed by the entities listed below: 1. Central govern…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-6

…Autorité des marchés financiers may impose the disciplinary sanctions provided for in Articles L. 612-39 and L. 612-40 and the sanctions provided for in Article L. 621-15 on any investment firm whose…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 quinquies B

I. - A tax is levied each year for the benefit of the region and the body mentioned in V, payable by gold mine concessionaires, the amodiataires of gold mine concessions and the holders of permits and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D561-51

…ystem for the purpose of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council. This analysis also presents the institutional stru…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater X

…or more than twenty years and is located in the districts mentioned in II of article 9-1 of Law no. 2003-710 of 1 August 2003 on town planning and urban renewal and in the priority neighbourhoods ment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39

…This paragraph does not apply to goodwill acquired from an affiliated company within the meaning of 12 of this article or from a company, including a sole proprietorship, placed, under the conditions…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-9-1

…s person when these sanctions have been imposed on the basis of articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12 or when they have been pronounced by a foreign National Anti-Doping Organisation or by any other…

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