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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-1

…f these institutions or the central body is a resolution entity, and their respective subsidiaries; 23° The expression: "global systemically important institution" or "gsi" means a global systemically…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article D312-1-1

…st: the account is debited with interest due to a debit balance on the account for one or more days;23° Charges following notification by the Banque de France of a ban on issuing cheques: the account…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe

…onal environment. L. 6313-1-1° L. 6313-1-2° L. 6313-1-3° L. 6313-1-4° Assessment indicators x x x x 23) The service provider monitors legal and regulatory developments in the field of vocational train…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 2

…Decision of the appointing authority setting the number of points awarded to the staff member. 210223. Bonuses and allowances (10) 1. Decision of the deliberative assembly setting the nature, conditi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 AB

I.-1. Taxpayers resident in France for tax purposes may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 18% of payments made in respect of cash subscriptions to the initial capital or capital in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies B

…tax regime provided for in Article 8, excluding joint ventures, or a grouping mentioned in articles 239 quater or 239 quater C, the shares of which are held directly, or through a single-member limite…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6

…ed in the regulations of the inter-municipal local town planning plan, which came into force before 23 August 2021. A map of the project or a plan is provided to support this justification. The impact…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18-1

…e in France to the financial statements certified by the Statutory Auditors pursuant to Article L. 823-9 is that set out in the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC)…

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

Article L612-1

…in the meaning of Article 2(8) of the said Regulation. For the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan-European individual retir…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The Chairman.

Article L5211-9-2

…may transfer to the president of this establishment the prerogatives they hold pursuant to article 23 of law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 relating to security to ensure the security of cultural and s…

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