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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Control consultation and other common provisions

Article R2212-19

For the application in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of the provisions of articles R. 2212-9 to R. 2212-18, the words: "health establishment" and "health establishment satis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 726

I. - Transfers of corporate rights are subject to registration duty, the rate of which is set:1° At 0.1%:- for deeds involving transfers of shares, founders' shares or profit shares in joint stock com…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 G

New constructions allocated to the main dwelling resulting from demolition operations and reconstitution of the supply of social rental housing demolished under the conditions provided for in articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Association employment vouchers and company service vouchers

Article D1272-5

The employee identification form provided for in 2° of article D. 1272-1 contains the following information: 1° Information relating to the employee: a) All the information provided for in article R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article R3513-7

I.-The declaration referred to in article L. 3513-11 contains the following information: 1° Exhaustive data on sales volumes, by brand and by product type; 2° Information on the preferences of differe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-5

I.-Without prejudice to the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 132-8, for the application of the first paragraph of article L. 132-27-2, the date on which the insurance undert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 C

The exemption referred to in I and IV of article 293 B is not applicable:1° To the transactions referred to in I of article 257 ; 2° To the transactions referred to in Article 298 bis ; 3° To transact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-3

The persons mentioned in 1°, 1° bis, 1° ter and 1° quater of Article L. 561-2 are not subject to the provisions of this chapter solely in respect of their activities in providing the service mentioned…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 972

The surrender value of surrenderable insurance contracts and capitalisation bonds or contracts expressed in units of account mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 131-1 of the Insurance Code…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R631-7

The authorities responsible for ensuring the implementation of the decisions of the High Council for Financial Stability shall report to it at its request. In particular, the Haut Conseil de stabilité…

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