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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Inclusion on the list of medicinal products for officinal use

Article R5121-202

…inal products which are not included on the list mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code, for which : 1° Their marketing authorisation does not state that the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-4

…C of the General Tax Code is a signatory to a city contract as defined in article 6 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for cities and urban cohesion, it must, by deliberation, adop…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies A

…sing a useful life equal to that of the contract. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS CONCLUDED FROM JANUARY 1, 1996. Capital gains realised on the disposal of a leasing contract entered into under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies D

…o €3,000,000.For the purposes of determining the results of financial years beginning on or after 1 January 1995, the provisions of this IV apply, subject to the same conditions and limits, to French…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-14

…ion measure provided for by this article. Subject to the procedures provided for in Articles L. 521-17-1 and L. 521-17-2, the detention measure shall be lifted ipso jure if the applicant fails, within…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-21

…R. 222-17, R. 222-18 and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-13

…European Economic Area, or a pledge of securities meeting the conditions set out in article R. 332-17, up to a limit of 75% of the nominal amount of the said securities. Companies included in the sam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

I.-With effect from 2020, a national fund shall be set up to equalise the transfer duties on immovable property collected by the départements pursuant to Articles 1594 A and 1595 of the General Tax Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…he Value Added Tax Compensation Fund are determined by applying a flat-rate compensation rate of 16.176% to actual investment expenditure, as defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat. In 2002, the flat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 C

…option is made no later than 31 October of the year preceding its application. It takes effect on 1 January of the year following the year in which it was made and must cover a period of three calenda…

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