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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-2

…ution shall verify that the firm: 1. Has its registered office and effective management in France ; 2. Has, taking into account the nature of the service it wishes to provide, an initial paid-up capit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 298 sexies

I. - Intra-Community acquisitions of new means of transport made by persons mentioned in 2° of I of article 256 bis or by any other non-taxable person.II. - The supply by a taxable person of a new mea…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prevention

Article L232-2

…prescription.Athletes taking part in or preparing for the events mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 230-3 and whose state of health requires the use of a substance or method on the list of prohibited…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies

I. - Capital gains realised up to a date to be set by decree (1), but no earlier than 1 January 1972, by companies subject to income tax as industrial and commercial profits or corporation tax, on the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article L2131-2

…ons of the town council or decisions taken by delegation of the town council pursuant to article L. 2122-22 with the exception of:a) Deliberations relating to road and parking fee tariffs, the classif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-2

Non-profit lending of labour is authorised. In this case, articles L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-24, 2° and 3° ofarticle L. 2312-6, 9° of II ofarticle L. 2312-26 andarticle L. 5221-4 of this Code as well as a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R772-2

…of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area do not apply;2° In article R. 561-5-1, 1° is replaced by the following provisions:"1° By using an electronic mean…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-24

…quested in any of the following situations:1° The request is neither appropriate nor proportionate ;2° Information has already been received by the Authority in another format or at another level of d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-6

…urbance to public safety or peace; b) An attack on persons, property or the authority of the State; 2° During procedures to investigate the causes of death mentioned in Article 74 or to search for the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Conditions for carrying out tax missions

Article 285 undecies

…es or the tax administration are understood to be references to the customs and excise authorities; 2° References to the Director General of Public Finance are to be understood as references to the Di…

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