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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

…ent of the tax may be suspended.However, where a supply of goods or services referred to in Article 259 A is carried out by a taxable person established outside France, the tax is paid by the purchase…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-5

…medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 defined according to their annual turnover, eligible for the guarantee ins…

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

Article 199 undecies A

…s and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, between the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003 de programme pour l'outre-mer and 31 December 2017 for the investments m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-40

…rsuant to Article 98.1 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market with the payment service provider managi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…ich does not bear the forgery-proof security device, in breach of the provisions of Article L. 3512-25; 5° Any modification or alteration, by any person involved in the trade in tobacco products, from…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…311-8 and 311-9, at least equal to 25% of the final cost of the work or 25% of the French participation in the case of an international…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-3

…y attorneys;6° The provisions of Book VI with the exception of Articles R. 612-2, R. 612-38, R. 613-25-1 to R. 613-25-4, R. 613-44, R. 613-44-1, R. 613-46, R. 613-56 and R. 613-58 only insofar as they…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the solvency margin

Article R385-1

…L. 385-2 is made up, after deduction of losses, the portion of deferred acquisition costs exceeding 25% of the amount of the provision for unearned premiums and other intangible items, by the followin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Central depositories

Article L441-1

…rd countries authorised to provide in France, through a branch, the services referred to in Article 25(2) of that Regulation; 3° Central securities depositories authorised to provide in France, under…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-1

…5 is deleted;24° In article R. 2151-13, the words: "within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises" ar…

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