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

Article 302 bis MB

…mers in respect of direct support allocated in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009, excluding turnover from forestry, shellfish farming and freshwater fishing activiti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-2

…lity, pursuant to Article L. 2141-11, or their representative, is contacted"; 6° In article R. 2141-19, for its application in New Caledonia, the second sentence of the first paragraph is replaced by…

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In force

Article Annexe 1-3

…embourg:la société anonyme;la société en commandite par actions;la société à responsabilité limitée;19° For Malta:kumpanija pubblika;public limited liability company;kumpanija privata;private limited…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-3

A natural mineral spring may be declared to be in the public interest. In this case, it may be assigned a protection perimeter, which may cover separate plots of land. Within this perimeter, all activ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R596-3

…In article R. 521-18, the reference to article R. 521-7 is deleted; 8° In Articles R. 531-5, R. 531-19 and R. 531-21, the reference to the Director General of the Office français de l'immigration et d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence

Article R60-1

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-5

…multi-professional level, as well as each of the three consular networks; 4° Representatives of the main local employment, training and vocational guidance operators, including a representative of hig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-2

The bill of exchange may be to the order of the drawer himself. It may be drawn on the drawer himself. It may be drawn on behalf of a third party. It may be payable at the domicile of a third party, e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-2

…à l'article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on diesel and petrol in mainland France, the following fractions determined under the conditions provided for in IX of Artic…

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