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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: French UCITS portfolio management companies

Article L532-24-1

I. - Any portfolio management company having its registered office in mainland France, the overseas departments, the department of Mayotte and Saint-Martin and authorised to manage a UCITS authorised…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…acquisition if later, and for a period of at least five years, to individuals who use them as their main residence; > c) The conditions mentioned in b) and c) above are met. c) The conditions set out…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-24

I.-Pursuant to the provisions of 3° of Article 706-53-7, may directly query the file, via a secure telecommunications system, based solely on the identity of a person who has applied for recruitment,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-10

I.-An appeal against a decision to refuse registration, modification or deletion shall be lodged with the president of the commercial court within whose jurisdiction the operator of the platform that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Investment rules

Article L214-24-55

I. - Under conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the assets of a general-purpose investment fund include :1° Financial securities within the meaning of 1 and 2 of II of article L. 211-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-11

A panel of experts appointed by the Office will carry out any investigations required to examine the claim, in accordance with the adversarial principle. If necessary, it will commission an expert opi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVII: Tax credit for credit institutions and finance companies that grant zero-rate loans for first-time home ownership

Article 244 quater V

I. - The credit institutions and finance companies referred to in article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code passible for corporation tax, income tax or an equivalent tax, having their regist…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XL : Tax credit for arts and crafts

Article 244 quater O

I. - The companies referred to in III and taxed on the basis of their actual profits or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies, 44 terdecies to 44 septdecies may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis B

Subject to the provisions of article 244 bis A, the gains mentioned in article 150-0 A resulting from the transfer or redemption of company rights mentioned in f of I of article 164 B, made by individ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater Y

…mentioned in a) of this 1° for a period of at least five years to individuals who use them as their main residence; > c) The rent and the income of the tenant are set by the company mentioned in a) of…

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