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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…bis Shares in open-ended investment companies and units in unit trusts governed by articles L. 214-160 and L. 214-161 of the Monetary and Financial Code, shares or units in collective investment sche…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-1

…51(a) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013; 16° "Tier 2 capital instruments" means the capital instruments or subordinated debt referred to in A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-1-1

…he amount of the direct debit presented for payment by the creditor and the transaction is rejected;16° Charges for administrative seizure by a third party holder: the account is debited for bank char…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe

…DIES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE L. 6351-1I.- Indicators for assessing the criteria defined inarticle R. 6316-1 of the Labour Code Criterion 1: The conditions for informing the public about the services offe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 156

Income tax is based on the total amount of annual net income available to each tax household. This net income is determined having regard to the property and capital owned by the members of the tax ho…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK III

Article

…General Tax Code, together with proof of registration in the public film and audiovisual register; 16° In the event of an initial contribution from a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZD

…financiers pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…nd exercising the powers of a resolution authority within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2021/23 of 16 December 2020 on a framework for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties;5° Ensurin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-9-2

…regulate this activity.Without prejudice to article L. 2212-2 and by derogation to article L. 2224-16, when a grouping of authorities is competent in the area of household waste collection, the mayor…

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

Article 1586 sexies

…50-0, the value added is calculated in accordance with the procedures set out in a of I of Article 1647 B sexies (1).III. - For credit institutions and finance companies and, when authorised by the A…

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