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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-4-8

When subscribing to or taking out a policy involving commitments giving rise to the constitution of a diversification reserve, the information memorandum referred to in article L. 132-5-2, the notice…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 ter A

I.-A company or organisation which, in its capacity as a platform operator, makes available to users a system enabling them to contact each other by electronic means in order to carry out, directly or…

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Article Annexe 4-8

I.-The costs and disbursements for which the professional may claim reimbursement are as follows:1° With regard to judicial administrators, plan executioners, judicial agents and liquidators:a) Any su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and general rules.

Article D211-1 A

I.-The financial contracts referred to in III of Article L. 211-1 are : 1. Options, futures, swaps, forward rate agreements and all other forward contracts relating to financial instruments, currencie…

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In force

Article Annexe 8-1

CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE AUDIT PROFESSIONArticle 1This code defines the ethics to which the statutory auditor is subject in the exercise of his professional activity, whatever the nature of the engageme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-1

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE BY MEDICAL STUDENTS: CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE LEVEL OF STUDY DEPENDING ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE DOCTOR BEING REPLACED, CITED IN ARTICLE R. 4131-1Conditions to be fulfilled by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 775-1 A

A legal entity's bulletin no. 2 is the record of the records applicable to it, excluding those concerning the following decisions: 1° Convictions that have been expressly excluded from being mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-10-1

The model minutes, referred to in article R. 713-7-1, are set out in appendix 7-2-1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1753 bis A

Any person who, in proceedings to obtain a pecuniary sentence mentioned in article L. 143 of the Book of Tax Procedures, outside the proceedings relating to the action in question, in any manner whats…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A quater

I. - Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis,…

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