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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2671-3

…L. 1311-4 of the Public Health Code, Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and to 1° and 2° of article L. 201…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2661-3

…L. 1311-4 of the Public Health Code, Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and to 1° and 2° of article L. 201…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 B

…nt zones defined in II of the same Article 44 septdecies that they have created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the yea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 A

…n II of the same Article 44 sexdecies that they have created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the year following their c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…of this allocation is reduced by applying the rate provided for 2017 in V of Article 33 of Law 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 of the 2017 Finance Act. For 2018, the amount of this allocation, to which…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

…onsumption of electricity mentioned in article 266 quinquies C of the customs code. II.For the year 2023, the amount of the communal share collected by the communes, public establishments for inter-co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-5

…the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity provided for in articles L. 217-8 to L. 217-19. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs, acting on the bas…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-1

…cessing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, les empreintes digitales ainsi que une…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-2-4

…licence or an ex officio licence, mentioned in articles L. 613-11, L. 613-15, L. 613-17 and L. 613-19, may bring infringement proceedings if, after formal notice, the patent holder fails to bring suc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

…easure provided for by article 712-18, to the provisional incarceration provided for by article 712-19 or the withdrawal or revocation of the measure provided for by article 712-20, refusing to start…

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