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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communicat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: General provisions

Article 810

I. - Contributions are registered free of charge.II. - (Repealed).III. - The standard rate of registration duty or land registration tax levied on the contributions referred to in 3° of I, I bis and I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1456

Exempt from this exemption are production cooperative companies whose articles of association and operation are recognised as complying with the provisions of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the sta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 D

…0 A.The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 B bis

I.-Locations and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-6

All shareholdings in the capital of a commercial company or any other profit-making body whose purpose is not to operate departmental services or activities of general interest under conditions simila…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-2

I. - It is an offence to market, broker or distribute, whether free of charge or for a consideration, wholesale or retail, a proprietary medicinal product, any other medicinal product manufactured ind…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-29-2

Within fifteen clear days of the registration of an application for authorisation to operate a business at the secretariat of the departmental commission for a project mentioned in the first or second…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-6

The Board of Directors comprises fifteen members appointed by order of the Minister for Vocational Training as follows: 1° A college consisting of three representatives of the State with forty-five vo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-28

…tering or leisure activities which must be provided on a specific date or during a specific period; 13° Of the supply of digital content without a tangible medium whose performance began before the en…

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