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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 septies A

I. - Where a person acquires the right to payment of the principal or the right to payment of interest on a bond arising from a stripping carried out before 1 June 1991, the redemption premium means t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 298 sexdecies I

…icated on the import declaration and the option provided for in Article 293 Ac cannot be exercised ;2° The person presenting the goods to customs takes the appropriate measures to collect the value ad…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of issue and validity

Article R3262-1-2

…d in dematerialised form, the following provisions apply: 1° The information provided for in 1° and 2° of article R. 3262-1-1 appears clearly on the physical medium of the dematerialised payment. If t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article L613-37

…ible for the supervision of subsidiaries established in another Member State of the European Union ;2° To the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union where branches of s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-68

…establishment has made an economic redundancy in the six months preceding the date of recruitment; 2° Where the recruitment is to replace an employee who has been made redundant for a reason other th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-19

…the Agreement on the European Economic Area which have made the declaration provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6221-4 or which have obtained the administrative authorisation provided for in 3° o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-7

…se, for pharmacy and, where appropriate, for medical biology : 1° A test of fundamental knowledge ; 2° A test of practical knowledge. An order of the Minister for Health sets the organisational proced…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Life mortgage

Article L341-61

…civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions of the Article 131-26 of the Penal Code;2° Disqualification, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Penal Co…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ALLOWANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article D553-17

The death of the beneficiary terminates entitlement to the asylum seeker's allowance. The death of a family member terminates entitlement for the portion corresponding to that person.The beneficiary's…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-1

The National Disciplinary Commission provided for in article L. 724-2 is based at the Cour de cassation. It is known as the Commission nationale de discipline des juges des tribunaux de commerce (Nati…

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