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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A

…Article 1639 A bis, local authorities and competent bodies shall notify the tax departments, before 15 April each year, of decisions relating either to the rates or to the revenue, as the case may be,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-53

…r his permit, he will be given a receipt. When the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 15-33-41, in exchange for his or her licence, the person concerned shall be issued with a certificat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems

Article L763-6

…5-1, the references to Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9; 3° In II of Article L. 425…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems

Article L764-6

…5-1, the references to Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9; 3° In II of Article L. 425…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L784-9

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 621-15 with the exception of the 9th paragraph of c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L785-8

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-15 with the exception of the 9th paragraph of c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-37-1

The overall activity of the pharmacy, as referred to in Article L. 5125-15 and taken into account to determine the required number of assistant pharmacists, is assessed by aggregating: 1° The total pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…le 3 of the aforementioned Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 for the purposes of entering this information in the database established by this Offic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638

…e département only takes effect for tax purposes from the following year if it is issued before 1st October of the year.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751

…rusted to the estates department in the forms and conditions provided for by the validated law of 5 October 1940, relating to assets placed in sequestration as a result of a general security measure.…

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