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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Fishery products

Article R412-29

…39 and Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465

In regional aid areas and for operations carried out from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2023, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478

…ed on the basis of the property liable to property tax which the taxpayer had at his disposal on 31 December of the first year of activity.In the event of the creation of an establishment, the base of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-21

…n 10,000 inhabitants.Also benefiting from this fraction are the arrondissement chief towns as at 31 December 2014, with a population of between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, which do not fall into th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National guarantee fund for agricultural disasters.

Article A431-7

On 31 December each year, the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance shall draw up an inventory of the Fonds National de Garantie des Calamités Agricoles and a balance sheet and profit and loss account in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L6241-2

…subject to a limit of two points, multiplied by the average annual workforce of the company at 31 December of the year and then by an amount, between €2.50 and €5.00, defined by order of the ministe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…h Safety, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, on each: 1° Application for marketing authorisation for a veterin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…and L. 5132-7 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action. Article L. 5134-1 is applicab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-8

…uration of each mission, under the conditions set by Article 164 of Finance Act no. 2010-1657 of 29 December 2010 and Decree no. 2011-946 of 10 August 2011 relating to judicial reserves. II. - The fol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-6

…ns shall apply as from the deadline set pursuant to 3° of II of Article 15 of Order 2020-1636 of 21 December 2020 on the resolution regime in the banking sector for compliance with the minimum capital…

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