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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 D

…wn tax status may, by a deliberation of general scope taken under the conditions defined in Article 1639 A bis, exempt from the business property tax: 1° From the year following that of their establis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-4

…sis, and the competent authorities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall consult each other with a v…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article R754-1

…he decreeR. 312-1no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20 Jul…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-57

…tral Bank in the context of the Single Supervisory Mechanism established by Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of the Council, and with the Single Resolution Board established by Regulation (EU) No 806/2014…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° bis : Inheritance tax. Exemption for property and property rights located in Corsica

Article 1135 bis

…roperty rights located in Corsica are exempt from death duties.For estates opened between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2027, the exemption mentioned in the first paragraph is applicable up to half o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-1

…nt authorities within the meaning of point 40 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and within the meaning of point 7 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033. It…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-4

…The priority dividend may not be less than either the first dividend referred to in Article L. 232-16 or an amount equal to 7.5% of the paid-up capital represented by non-voting preference shares. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-2

…ourt hearing an action for damages as a result of that practice may not, in accordance with Article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Independent management bodies

Article R321-2

…t to the provisions of article R. 321-5, 1° to 7°, 10° and 11° of Article R. 321-15, article R. 321-16, as well as the provisions of articles R. 321-26 to R. 321-34, R. 321-36 to R. 321-42, R. 321-44…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R151-6

…Réunion in Mamoudzou; 2° In article R. 142-15, a of 5° is worded as follows: "3° In article R. 142-16: a) the references to the regional directorates for business, competition, consumer affairs, labo…

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