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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies B

…ration of the business.III. - The provisions of this article apply to capital gains realised from 1 January 2006.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: French Paralympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-7

…Intellectual Property Code.III - By way of exception to Article II and for acts committed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024, the rights and actions arising from this Article shall be exercis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-51

…inance company that has been the subject of safeguard or receivership proceedings initiated after 1 January 1996 and that has been unable to honour these commitments in full. For the application of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Municipalities and their groupings

Article L1422-1

…orce of section 4 of title II of law no. 83-663 of 22nd July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7th January 1983 relating to the division of powers between the municipalities, departments, regions and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 B

…of 29 December 1984, they hold shares in non-trading companies (sociétés civiles) formed as from 1 January 1985 with a view to constructing and managing buildings used for residential purposes up to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260

…the business of a lessee liable for value added tax or, if the lease is entered into on or after 1 January 1991, for the purposes of the business of a non-taxable lessee. The option cannot be exercis…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Accommodation

Article L552-7

…to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-1

…plicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system, subject to the following adaptations:1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-5

…L. 1231-3 and L. 1231-4 are applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021 on bioethics and subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 1542…

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

Article R332-14

…nvestment in transferable securities governed by United Kingdom regulations and subscribed before 1 January 2021 as assets constituting units of account referred to in Article R. 131-1 remain eligible…

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