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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4163-2

…ities performed in a hyperbaric environment as defined in Article R. 4461-1 Interventions or work 1,200 hectopascals 60 interventions or work per year b) Extreme temperatures Temperature less than or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 duodecies

…ion or construction of new homes meeting the criteria mentioned in b and c of 1 of I of Article 244 quater X. The turnover threshold provided for in the first sentence of the first paragraph of I of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-14-2

…n 1°, 1° bis or 1° ter. The rights, claims or debt securities referred to in 1°, 1° bis, 1° ter, 1° quater and 1° quinquies have a specified residual maturity of at least two years, not exceeding the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

…tional reserve who do not meet the conditions laid down in articles 16-1 A or 20-1 of this code; 1° quater Controllers under the status of Parisian administrations carrying out their duties in the pub…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7: Failure to comply with obligations to declare or pay electronically

Article 1738

…apply to sums already surcharged under 1.4. Notwithstanding 1, failure to comply with article 1649 quater B quinquies entails the application of a fixed fine of €15 per declaration or schedule from t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-21

For the application of II of Article L. 561-10-3, the persons mentioned in 1° to 1°c and 5° to 6°a of Article L. 561-2 shall implement the following specific due diligence measures, the intensity of w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies C

…n disposals of securities made by the company during financial years ending on or after 31 December 2001 are taxed under the conditions set out in 1 or 2 of Article 200 A when the shareholder is an in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…y the same taxpayer, an annual allowance of €4,600 for single, widowed or divorced taxpayers and €9,200 for married taxpayers subject to joint taxation on the sum of taxable income acquired as from 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Carry back

Article 220 quinquies

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

I. - For the application of this chapter, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request that the documents, information or data, regardless of the medium used, kept pursuant to Article L…

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