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Showing 34413450 of 3551 articles for Art. 22 Mar 1982

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14

…y (articles 211-1,211-2 and 212-1 to 212-3 of the Penal Code) -Voluntary attempts on life (articles 221-1 to 221-5 of the Penal Code) -torture and acts of barbarism (articles 222-1 to 222-6 of the Pen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-16

…ingle premium does not exceed €2,500;2° Insurance contracts that do not relate to life and death or marriage and childbirth and are not linked to investment funds, do not fall within the scope of oper…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

…audit. They shall mention, for each statutory auditor, the information provided for in articles L. 822-9 and R. 822-56 of the Commercial Code. 20. When the statutory auditors have differing opinions,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies G bis

…a general meeting of co-owners, giving entitlement to the tax reduction may not exceed the sum of €22,000.Where the dwelling is jointly owned, each joint owner benefits from the tax reduction up to t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R764-3

…ntation of the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration" are deleted; 6° In article R. 722-1, the words: "by Council Decision 2004/191/EC of 23 February 2004 setting out the criteria and p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Withholding taxes and levies on certain income and profits earned by companies not established in France for tax purposes

Article 235 quater

…reement on recovery with a scope similar to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, taxes, duties and othe…

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

Article L1541-3

…1111-11 are applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order no. 2020-232 of 11 March 2020. Article L. 1111-7 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from law no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 A

…conditions mentioned in 1° of B of II of the same article 278 sexies. In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and La Réunion, the exemption applies to the construction of new homes for renta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and activities.

Article R5142-1

…ble, the corresponding storage operations. The operation is carried out either by the holder of the marketing authorisation referred to in Article L. 5141-5, or of the registration referred to in Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-79-2

…in addition to the members whose number and method of appointment are provided for in Articles L. 225-69 and L. 225-75 of this code, members representing employees.A company whose principal activity…

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