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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater-0 B bis

…provided for in article 1810 of this code; e. offence of counterfeiting provided for in article L. 716-9 of the Intellectual Property Code. 3. The last three paragraphs of 1 also apply to the offences…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater-0 B ter

1. When the tax authorities are informed, as part of the fight against undeclared lucrative activities that undermine public order and public security and under the conditions set out in articles L. 8…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater A

…ned in Articles L. 241-3, L. 241-3-1 or L. 241-3-2 of the same code, as it stood prior to Law no. 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016 for a Digital Republic; > 3° Or suffers a loss of autonomy resulting in cl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-19

…s or reports of meetings held by the governing body and by the bodies referred to in article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code after the financial year-end; examine, where appropriate, the most…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15

…of Articles 8 or 12 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-2

…intended for the seized person's subsistence as well as the foodstuffs required for their rearing; 16° work tools required for the personal exercise of the professional activity; 17° a telephone allo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-8

…choice with regard to the energy and nutrient content of the diet, without prejudice to Articles 9, 16 and 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 Octobe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-14

…monograph or the revision of the list drawn up by the European Commission in application of Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC, a herbal medicinal product which is the subject of a marketing authoris…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

…e judicial police agent may request any person authorised under the conditions laid down by article 16-12 of the Civil Code, without it being necessary for this person to be registered on a list of ju…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-23

…to drive the machine used, as they cannot benefit from the exemption provided for in article R. 221-16 of the Highway Code; Personal safety equipment: - as a minimum, participants must be equipped wit…

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