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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies A

…(contracts concluded until 31 December 1995) apply to transfers of property occurring on or after 1 October 1989.6. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS CONCLUDED UP TO 31 DECEMBER 1995. For the applica…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures and by Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 of 7 October 2010 on administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax.3. Th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 28: Energy labelling

Article R412-43-1

…xes ; 11° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 65/2014 of 1 October 2013, as amended, supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the C…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

I. - The new municipality or, by concerted deliberations of principle taken before 1st October of the year preceding that of its creation, the municipalities and, where applicable, the public establis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-15

…of the Social Security Code or covered by the hospitalisation benefits mentioned in article L. 162-22-6 of the same code, when they are used as part of a non-commercial clinical investigation authori…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article L311-5

…of the persons concerned, with regard to the resolution objectives mentioned in I of article L. 311-22. The persons mentioned in 1° shall draw up preventive recovery plans on an individual basis, unle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII A: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article L681-2

…r from his personal assets. Book VII of the Consumer Code and the sixth paragraph of Article L. 526-22 of this Code then apply. The court exercises the functions of the judge in charge of protection d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D

…° In the event of the transfer of free shares allocated under the conditions defined in Articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-5, L. 22-10-59 and L. 22-10-60 of the Commercial Code, from the acquisition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article L440-1

…sed for this purpose in Article L. 450-1of this code and to articles L. 511-3, L. 511-21 and L. 511-22 of the Consumer Code, in accordance with the procedures laid down. The report of the investigatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-68-1

…cle L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 of the same code; b) Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance co…

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