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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Scope of application

Article 995

…l'article L. 214-174 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 March 1989 implementing Articles 26 and 34 to 42 of Law No. 88-1201 of 23 December 1988, as…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-2

…on", the words: "in accordance with locally applicable regulations" are added; 5° In Article L. 733-15, the following paragraph is added: "Foreign nationals who have not complied with the prohibitions…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R443-3

…aced by the words: "public or private not-for-profit health establishment";5° bis In article R. 431-15-2, the words: "authorises its holder to carry out a professional activity on the territory of mai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-8

…ursuant to the provisions of Directive 2014/65/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014 on ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-2

…t to Article 34(8) and (9) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014.II. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall forward the notificatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-31

…ices undergoing clinical investigations for non-commercial purposes provided for in Article L. 1125-15; 5° The conditions applicable to clinical investigations including the processing of personal dat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article L351-7

…urance and reinsurance undertakings, or the parent undertakings referred to in 3° of Article L. 356-15, no longer hold sufficient eligible own funds to cover their Solvency Capital Requirement or Mini…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Exception for people with disabilities

Article R122-14

…ister for the Disabled after receiving the opinion of the commission provided for in article R. 122-15.These measures are taken at the request of legal entities and registered or approved establishmen…

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

Article 216 ter

…r shares in sociétés immobilières conventionnées set up after the promulgation of law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963 may not, under any circumstances, give entitlement to the benefit of the provisions of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Anti-doping education

Article R232-41-12-2

…es and the biological profile of athletes; -the whereabouts obligations mentioned in article L. 232-15; -reporting a doping incident.

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