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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 duodecies

…icles L. 1235-1, L. 1235-2, L. 1235-3, L. 1235-3-1, L. 1235-11 to L. 1235-13, 7° of Article L. 1237-18-2 and 5° of Article L. 1237-19-1 of the French Labour Code as well as those paid under the measur…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…l and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 669/2009, (EU) No 884/2014, (EU) 2015/175, (EU) 2017/186 and (EU) 2018/1660 ; 2° Food of non-animal origin to which an emergency measure provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-5

…a midwife issued by a Member State or a Member State Party, attesting to training that began before 18 January 2016.The list of certificates that must accompany evidence of formal qualifications is se…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tariffs

Article 1001

…er navigation risks of any kind for sports or pleasure boats;4° (Repealed);5° (Repealed) ;5° bis At 18% for insurance against risks of all kinds relating to motorised land vehicles other than insuranc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 G

…business revitalisation zone defined in III of this article. The exemption ceases to apply from 1st January of the year following the year in which the establishment no longer carries on a commercial…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-19

…e project and no later than the day of publication of the notice referred to in article appendix 30-18: 1° The documents referred to in article appendix 30-17 and, where applicable, the report of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency requirements

Article A385-2

…itution of a diversification provision, the TECn indices used are those mentioned in article A. 132-18 and published by the Banque de France on the date of the closing of the accounts for the financia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…f 27 November 2019 and Regulation (EU) No 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 mentioned above are deleted;b) The references to the delegated regulation are deleted;c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-1

…any measure likely to protect public health; 17° Organises public hearings on public health issues; 18° Contributes to information, training and the dissemination of scientific and technical documenta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…ity receives a referral from the European Central Bank in accordance with the provisions of Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, the supervisory board shall initia…

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