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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L774-43

I - Pursuant to Article 7, 8° of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the provisions of II, III and IV, Articles L. 562-1 to L. 562-15 are applicable by operation of law in French…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article D1142-59-1

The Etablissement français du sang mentioned in article L. 1222-1 includes the allocation mentioned in 7° of article L. 1142-23 in its budget each year. In order to determine the amount, the Office na…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Interventions in economic and social matters.

Article D2573-27

I. - The articles D. 2252-1 and R. 2252-2 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For its application in French Polynesia, Article D…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97

I. - The client, the project manager or the owner of buildings by nature or by destination, equipment, materials or articles who decides on an operation involving risks of exposure of workers to asbes…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies A

…Islands 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 invest…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…economy do not apply to the provider of the online content sharing service in respect of acts of exploitation carried out by the provider. III.-1° In the absence of authorisation from the rightholders…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-270

…hares to a fonds commun de placement d'entreprise, governed by the provisions of l'article 21 de la loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988 relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobiliè…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 quinquies C

I. (Not applicable)II. - 1) Distributions by venture capital companies that meet the conditions set forth in Article 1-1 of Act no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 on various economic and financial provisions,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 279

Value added tax is levied at the reduced rate of 10% in respect of:a. Services relating to:The supply of accommodation in accommodation establishments; this rate applies to furnished rentals under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…tricts with the most significant urban dysfunctions taken pursuant to the II de l'article 9-1 de la loi n° 2003-710 du 1er août 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation ur…

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