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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter B bis

…definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-12-1

…torité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 15 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, the acquisition or extension of direct or indirect shareholding…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Inspections

Article L513-23

…the société de crédit foncier wishes to obtain the label or has obtained the label of high-quality European guaranteed bond mentioned in Article L. 513-26-1, it verifies, under the conditions defined…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-19

…tistical quality standards are specified in Articles 228 to 237 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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

Article R356-26

…ecision of the group supervisor, it may, within one month of that proposal, refer the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-27

…Chapter II of Section X "Eggs and egg products" of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R442-3

…s to employment for foreign nationals; 5° In Article R. 421-59, the words: "under Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L613-43-1

I. - When the consolidated resolution authority of another Member State of the European Union refers a matter to the resolution college in its capacity as resolution authority of a subsidiary in order…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-298

…ption of the judicial liquidation proceedings; w) Ordering the extension of the proceedings or the reunification of assets pursuant to Article L. 621-2; 2° Decisions taken in collective coordination p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-5

I. - The application for an import authorisation for therapeutic purposes, provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5, is sent by the legal entities or natural persons mentioned in…

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