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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Forfeiture rules

Article L518-24

Subject to III of articles L. 312-20 of this Code, L. 132-27-2 of the Insurance Code and L. 223-25-4 of the Mutual Code, sums deposited in any capacity whatsoever with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consign…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the second fraction (R).

Article R1614-89

…ded for in articles L. 111-7 to L. 111-7-4 of the Construction and Enabling Code for the benefit of main municipal and inter-municipal libraries may only be taken into account under the following cond…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-6

…feguard or receivership mentioned in table 2 of article appendix 4-7, the fee breaks down into:1° A main fee and a fixed fee for transmission, set according to a fixed fee schedule, the scale of which…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 B

…entioned in I is subject to compliance with Article 18 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agriculture and forestry sectors and in rura…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-22

…ates or currencies; d) Financial indices meeting the conditions laid down in I of Article R. 214-32-25; 2° The counterparties to OTC financial contract transactions are either institutions acting as c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-12

…3-1 are the authorisations for healthcare activities and heavy equipment listed in Articles R. 6122-25 and R. 6122-26 respectively and issued by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. II…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-10

…41, 50, Article 56(6), Article 57 or Article 68(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial…

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French Sports CodeIn force
PRELIMINARY TITLE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article L100-1

…he sustainable development goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted on 25 September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly. The practice of physical and sporting acti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-2

…s legal or statutory representatives, its managers and the shareholders or members holding at least 25% of the votes, shares or voting rights, accompanied by a copy of a valid identity document for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-21-4

…R. 6363-1 of the Labour Code, with the exception of articles R. 6351-7-1, R. 6351-8-1, and R. 6352-25 to R. 6352-40, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IV. II.-For the purposes of apply…

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