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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1635 bis AE

…11-1 of the Public Health Code of each:1° Application for registration referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14 of the same code, of each application for renewal or of each application or not…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-29

I. - As part of the investigations provided for in Article 17-1 of Law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995, in Articles L. 114-1, L. 114-2, L. 211-11-1, L. 234-1 et L. 234-2 du code de la sécurité intérieure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D591

…quests for a copy of the investigation file provided for by the fourth paragraph of Article 114;11° Declarations of the list of documents of which the lawyer wishes to provide his client with a copy,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for road traffic accidents occurring in mainland France, the overseas departments and the territorial collectivity of Mayotte.

Article A421-1

…for accidents for which the French State is responsible in the countries referred to in article L. 211-4 (1st paragraph) is hereby approved. AGREEMENT BETWEEN :-on the one hand, the French State, rep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-8

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with fewer than three hundred employees, the database provided for in Article L. 2312-18 includes the following in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…Algerian nationals and their families, supplemented by an annexed protocol, signed in Algiers on 27 December 1968, amended by its first amendment signed in Algiers on 28 September 1994, by its second…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…storage facilities for non-hazardous waste concerned Unit of collection Quota (in euros) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 From 2025 B.-Authorised plants recovering more than 75% of the biogas captured f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

…ial to such interoperability. From the date of referral, the authority has four months to issue its decision.Information essential to interoperability means the technical documentation and programming…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

…8 on the modernisation of the economy. The conditions for issuing this certificate are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies C

…f the proceeds of these taxes. I bis. - I is applicable to communities of communes which, before 31 December 2010, have opted, pursuant to the first sentence of the first paragraph of II in the wordin…

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