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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Savings bank network

Article L774-8

…f 14 December 2000 L. 512-105 law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 512-106 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 512-107 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 512-108Order no. 2014-158 of 20 Febru…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Procedures for drawing up and issuing the payment notice for the parking charge

Article R2333-120-9

…icers who, on the date provided for in the first paragraph of V of Article 63 of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014, are sworn to record paid parking offences retain the benefit of this swearing for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Medicinal products initially prescribed in hospitals

Article R5121-88

…ons laid down in Book I of Part IV of this Code, as well as in I of article 60 of law no. 99-641 of 27 July 1999 creating universal health cover and who is practising in a public or private health est…

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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

…ns set out in 3° of this 1 and include the clauses set out in the third paragraph of article L. 411-27 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; -the company undertakes to make a commitment in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 362

In the event of an affirmative answer on guilt, the president shall read out to the jurors the provisions of articles 130-1,132-1and 132-18 of the Penal Code; if the provisions of the first two paragr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-4

The Board of Directors comprises twenty-nine members, distributed as follows:1° Three ex officio members:a) The Director of Sports or his representative ;b) The President of the French National Olympi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Taxation of partnerships, joint ventures, public interest groups, limited liability companies, limited liability farms and professional non-trading companies. Option for capital companies

Article 239

1. The companies and groupings mentioned in 3 of article 206 may opt, under conditions which are set by ministerial order, for the system applicable to capital companies. In this case, the income tax…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-8-1

I.-The resolution college of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is composed of seven members:1° The Governor of the Banque de France or his representative, Chairman ;2° The Director…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 B

I.-Companies that benefit from the exemption provided for in Article 44 septdecies are exempt from business property tax for establishments located in priority development zones defined in II of the s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 A

I.-Companies that benefit from the exemption provided for in Article 44 sexdecies are exempt from business property tax for establishments located in an urban area to be boosted defined in II of the s…

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