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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 A

…the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs mentioned in B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 du 4 février 1995 d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement du territoire as we…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

I.-By providing access to objects protected by a related right uploaded by its users, the provider of an online content sharing service performs an act of exploitation that falls within the scope of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-1

In this Section and in Section 5 of this Chapter: 1° "Significant branch" means a branch of significant importance within the meaning of Article L. 613-32-1 ; 2° "Transnational group" means a group wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-2

Resources intended for the Fonds de compensation pour la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée, referred to in Article L. 1615-1, are distributed among the regions, départements, communes, the Lyon metropolitan…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

1. For the purposes of this Code, all goods the import or export of which is prohibited on any grounds whatsoever, or subject to restrictions, quality or packaging rules or special formalities, are de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 28: Energy labelling

Article R412-43-1

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7 and 9 to 11 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2013 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-29

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L774-29

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

The professional practice standard relating to the audit of accounts carried out by several statutory auditors, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-100. The audit of accounts ca…

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