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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 1)

…th opening (measured between the free edge of the central incisors) :Limited to 30 mm 5 %Limited to 20 mm 17 %Limited to 10 mm 25 %Temporomandibular joint disorders :Mild form :- unilateral 3 %- bilat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article Annexe art. A211-11

…o. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 , published in the Journal officiel of 6 July 1985;- decree no. 86-15 of 6 January 1986 published in the Journal officiel of 7 January 1986. The law of 5 July 1985 improved th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

…the Mining Code, when it is related to one of the offences mentioned in 1° to 17° of this article; 20° Offence of fraudulent abuse of a state of ignorance or weakness committed in an organised gang p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

…the national gendarmerie and police respectively mentioned in 2° to 4° of Article 16 and in article 20, customs and tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations, respectively referred…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…e L. 441-1.VII. - Concerning trading platforms and their managers within the meaning of Article L. 420-1 : 1° The general principles of organisation and operation that regulated markets must comply wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVIII: Tax credit for new productive investments in overseas France

Article 244 quater W

…or the investments mentioned in I quater of Article 199 undecies B, the tax credit base is equal to 20% of their cost price, excluding tax and excluding costs of any kind, in particular acquisition co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies B

…y is carried out in an overseas department, the company must have achieved a turnover of less than €20 million in its last financial year. This turnover threshold is reduced to €15 million and €10 mil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-37

…ard without entering into a business relationship. >. 8. Engagement: In accordance with Article R. 820-1-1 of the French Commercial Code, the term engagement covers: -the statutory audit engagement an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…ion from the rightholders for the reproductions that it makes. II - Article 6(2) and (3) of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy do not apply to the provider of the on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quaterdecies

…ns realised by companies subject to corporation tax during financial years commencing on or after 1 January 1987.1a By way of derogation from the provisions of 1, the reintegration into taxable profit…

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