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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-47

…ions of this sub-section. It carries on the tasks which, prior to the promulgation of the law of 18 January 1988 relating to the mutualisation of the caisse nationale de crédit agricole, were entruste…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-1

…pplicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.Article L. 1110-4 is appli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Food, advertising and promotion.

Article L2133-2

…s into force on the date of publication of the decree referred to in the second paragraph, and by 1 January 2017 at the latest. Failure to comply with this article is punishable by a fine of €37,500,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 970

…965 placed in a trust defined in article 792-0 bis are included, for their net market value on 1st January of the tax year, as the case may be, in the assets of the settlor or in those of the benefic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° bis Intermediate housing

Article 1384-0 A

New homes allocated to the principal dwelling and completed before 1 January 2023 are exempt from property tax on built properties for a period of twenty years from the year following that of their co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1672 bis

…mpanies; 2° Income referred to in 1° of Article 118 and relating to securities issued on or after 1 January 1965. These provisions do not apply in the event of the redemption of bonus shares. 2. Insof…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1961 bis

…lar, by virtue of Article 2423 of the Civil Code or the article 34 amended of decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955, the tax paid at the time of filing is, at the request of the parties, deducted from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-14

…application of legislation on paid holidays and those provided for inarticle 6 of law no. 82-1 of 4 January 1982 relating to various social measures. However, the provisions of Titles III, IV and V of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-2

…for health research purposes as mentioned in the last paragraph of article 30 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and authorised under the condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3a: Continuing vocational training

Article R321-31-2

The persons designated in article L. 321-4-1 shall declare, no later than 31 January of each calendar year, to the Conseil des maisons de vente, the conditions under which they have fulfilled their ob…

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