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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

…à une mutilation sexuelle ou à commettre cette mutilation, prévu à l'article 227-24-1 du même code; 13° Délits d'atteintes sexuelles et de tentatives d'atteinte sexuelle prévus aux articles 227-25 to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-28

…r Member State under the provisions of this article is subject to the provisions of Articles L. 511-13, L. 511-33, L. 511-39, L. 511-51 to L. 511-54, as well as to the orders adopted by the Minister r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-58

…When it has adopted a resolution measure in respect of a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34, the resolution board shall fulfil the obligations set out in II and III as soon as circumstan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-252

…ved, as well as, for each of them, the information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237; 13° For European companies resulting from a merger, the corporate name, legal form and registered of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…in providing investment services or banking activities within the meaning of Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, or in acting as a market mak…

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

Article 238 bis

…ersity foundation, a partnership foundation mentioned respectively in articles L. 719-12 and L. 719-13 of the Education Code or a company foundation, even if the latter bears the name of the founding…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

…natural gas or electricity referred to in b of the same III, as well as for the services defined in 13° of Article 259 B which are directly linked to them, the tax is paid by the purchaser who has a F…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519

…60 per thousand net tonnes delivered for brown coal with a calorific value equal to or greater than 13 MJ/kg;- €260.80 per thousand net tonnes delivered for brown coal with a calorific value less than…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-1

…ts operating costs and, subject to the situation provided for in the third paragraph of Article R. 6133-3, the procedures for their annual review in the light of the costs actually recorded in respect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-3

…in application of 2° of this I and those borne by the communes in application of l'article L. 2531-13 in respect of the previous year may not exceed, for each intercommunal grouping or each municipal…

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