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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-5

I. - The regulations or articles of association of the specialised professional fund which grants loans specify the date of its liquidation and may provide for a right to temporarily extend its life,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-4

I. - When, as the authority responsible for supervision on a consolidated basis, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution receives an application for authorisation to use an internal risk…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 200-0 A

1. The total tax benefits mentioned in 2, with the exception of those mentioned in articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B, 199 undecies C and 199 unvicies and in XII of Article 199 novovicies, may no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 bis

…ode or the Corsican land office, a public establishment of the Corsican collectivity created by Law No. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 for access to housing and renovated town planning, to enable these est…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 G

…for the benefit of the Société du Grand Paris public establishment created by the article 7 of law no. 2010-597 of 3 June 2010 relative to Greater Paris, a special equipment tax intended to finance t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-20-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall notify the Autorité des marchés financiers of decisions relating to the authorisation or empowerment of the persons referred to in 2° of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-16

…ursed, or proceed in accordance with articles 389 to 390-1,393 to 397-7,495 to 495-6or 495-7 to 495-16. If the Public Prosecutor of Rennes considers that the request for exoneration or the complaint i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Collection and control of contributions.

Article L5422-16

…int-Pierre-et-Miquelon fall within the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Article 8 of Order no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977 extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affair…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-16

I.-For the purposes of calculating the solvency of the group of an undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 which holds, through a société de groupe d'assurance, a union mutu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-16

I - The financial indices mentioned in article R. 214-15 meet the following conditions:1° Their composition is sufficiently diversified, in the sense that the following criteria are met:a) The index i…

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