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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2

…preparation of their annual accounts, specialised finance companies are not subject to articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-21 of the French Commercial Code. Their annual financial statements are prepared in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-17

…e basis of the latest annual accounts closed, for two of the three criteria mentioned in Article L. 123-16, a level set by decree and that none of these companies or businesses belongs to one of the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons

Article R123-49-1

…ent registrar informs the sole trader of this transfer, via the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1. Where applicable, the provisions of the last paragraph of article R. 123-83 are applied.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-307

…ring or directing a legal entity resulting from a final court decision in application of article L. 123-44 or a final administrative decision against a registered person or one of its directors, it sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-22

…ts is accompanied by a declaration of confidentiality of the annual accounts pursuant to Article R. 123-111-1, the clerk of the commercial court shall complete the request for insertion of the notice…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms

Article L533-24-3

By way of derogation from this section, class 1 bis investment firms shall apply the provisions of articles L. 511-51 to L. 511-102.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1731 ter

Failure to comply with any of the obligations set out in Article 242 bis, observed during an inspection, is punishable by an overall fixed fine set at a maximum of €50,000.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article D2661-3-1

…192-2" ; b) Where necessary, the reference to the identity number determined pursuant to Article R. 123-221 of the French Commercial Code is replaced by the reference to the TAHITI directory number in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article D2671-3-1

…192-2" ; b) Where necessary, the reference to the identity number determined pursuant to Article R. 123-221 of the French Commercial Code is replaced by the reference to the RIDET directory number in…

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