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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral home, mortuary and crematorium (R)

Article D2223-83

The technical area comprises at least as many refrigerated compartments as there are display rooms. Each refrigerated compartment enables a temperature of between 0° and 5° C to be maintained at all t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-139

Mortgage loans intended to finance a professional activity (number 128 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-62

The cantonment of the emolument by the legatee or surviving spouse (number 7 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the sum cantoned, according to the following scale…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1599 sexies

There is levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region an additional tax on the registration duties or land registration tax payable on transfers for valuable consideration, other than those ment…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-2

Taking or attempting to take blood from a living person without that person's consent is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.The same penalties shall apply to taking or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article D775-7

The provisions of 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 column of the same tabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-142

…ural loans, as well as maritime loans (numbers 135 and 136 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 1.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-131

…sale to the user under a leasing transaction (number 115 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the residual value of the property, according to the following scale:…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for investment in leisure property.

Article L421-3-1

Article 199 decies F of the French General Tax Code sets out the rules applicable to tax reductions for work carried out on certain accommodation forming part of a classified tourist residence or a cl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R342

Article R. 192 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 192.-For the posting of the order which, under the terms of articles 627 and 628, must be issued and published against contumaxes, including the record of…

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