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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23

…te of cessation of professional activity, provide for the possibility of surrender up to a limit of 20% of the value of the individual rights resulting from these contracts. The group insurance agreem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

…lent category under foreign law, who belongs to the same group within the meaning of Article L. 511-20, excluding mixed groups, a financial conglomerate within the meaning of Article L. 517-3 or a gro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L743-1

…nd column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-3 Law no. 2023-171 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L742-1

…column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn their wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-3 Law no. 2023-171 o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

…the exception of Articles L. 131-1, L. 131-2, L. 132-5-2, L. 132-5-3, L. 132-9, L. 132-9-1, L. 132-20 to L. 132-22-1, L. 132-30 and L. 132-31, the specific provisions relating to insurance in the eve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 953

…89.If the applicant provides two passport photographs, as provided for in Article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 relating to passports, the cost of the document is €86.As an exception…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 1019

…n the transfer of control of the company holding the authorisation.The rate of the tax is set at:1° 20%, if the approval referred to in the first paragraph of this article occurs in the first five yea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Payment of business property tax and additional taxes

Article 1681 quater A

…month preceding that of the actual levy. If the amount of tax presumed by the taxpayer is more than 20% lower than the amount of tax levied, a surcharge of 5% is applied to the difference between half…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-2

…ter, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn thei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article L4746-1

For an economic operator within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity, and a…

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