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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 quinquies

…of those which they have collected or exchanged pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-2

…by the general security reference system provided for by article 9 of the aforementioned Order of 8 December 2005. The application may cover rentals of furnished tourist accommodation located within a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157 bis

Taxpayers aged over sixty-five on 31 December of the tax year, or meeting one of the disability conditions mentioned in article 195, may deduct an amount of:- €2,620 from their net overall income if t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-20

By 31 December each year at the latest, the national joint employment and training committees with competence in the field of entertainment and sport propose for the following year, at the request of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-11

…y regulation.Contractual assistant practitioners must apply for authorisation to practice before 31 December 2010.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-13

…tary or salaried basis for at least six years prior to 28 July 1999, and who have passed, before 31 December 2005, knowledge verification tests under conditions determined by decree of the Conseil d'E…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Stimulus measures for the video publishing of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 916-37

…her must send an electronic application to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée by 31 December 2020 at the latest.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 299 quater

…sale of products subject to excise duty, within the meaning of Article 1 of Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 on the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 I

…esidential property for which planning permission has been obtained between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2016, evidenced by a notarised deed signed no later than three years after the planning per…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 H

…red by first-time buyers who have taken out state-subsidised loans (PAP) between 1 July 1981 and 31 December 1984 and who are unable to meet their repayments, when the first-time buyers who sell these…

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