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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 novovicies

…rticle 6 of law n° 89-462 of 6 July 1989 tending to improve rental relations and amending law n° 86-1290 of 23 December 1986, which the taxpayer acquires between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2024 an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-9

…ion in the case of an international co-production, and must include a minimum cash contribution of €12,000 per hour for works in the fiction, animation and creative documentary genres and €20,000 per…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

…The value of the auxiliary accounting assets, valued as described in articles R. 343-11 and R. 343-12 ; b) The ratio between the individual rights of the member calculated on the same technical basis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-9

…the means of payment used. The cost of subscriber identification is included in the tariff. 8.50 € 12.75 € MA 41 MA 42 Identification of a subscriber and their means of payment based on a call number…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

…03-745-1 110-19-0 241 50 - 723 150 - - Comes into force on 1 March 2022 Isopentyl acetate 204-662-3 123-92-2 270 50 - 540 100 - - - 2-Butoxyethyl acetate 203-933-3 112-07-2 66,5 10 - 333 50 - Skin (7)…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Multiple copies.

Article L511-75

Any bearer of a bill of exchange has the right to make copies of it. The copy must reproduce exactly the original with the endorsements and all other particulars appearing thereon. It must indicate wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Multiple copies.

Article L511-76

The copy must name the holder of the original document of title. The latter is bound to deliver the said document of title to the lawful bearer of the copy. If he refuses to do so, the bearer may exer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-4

…social sector or a social and medico-social establishment or service mentioned in I of article L. 312-1 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles is entitled to respect for his or her private l…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

…arable to that of instruments dealt in on the regulated market or markets of the home Member State; 12° "Financial undertaking" means one of the following entities: a) Credit institutions mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

…roup and the mixed holding company or its subsidiaries, under the conditions defined in Article L. 612-24. II. - A branch of a credit institution referred to in I of Article L. 511-10 may apply to the…

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