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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39

…corresponding leave. For the purposes of determining taxable income for the financial years from 1 January 1986 to 30 December 1987, the same applies to the social security and tax charges relating t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 8: Temporary detention of persons

Article 67 ter

…bjects or vehicles for which an alert has been issued, governed by article 31 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, may, for the purposes of provid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Charges for the provision of information

Article L314-7

…nsurate with the costs actually incurred by the payment service provider.III. - During the month of January each year, natural persons and associations are provided with a separate document on paper o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other formalities.

Article L1221-18

By 31 January each year at the latest, all employers of salaried employees or persons treated as such are required to send the body responsible for collecting social security contributions a statement…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Tourist residences

Article L321-5

…a tourist residence located in a mountain area within the meaning ofarticle 3 of law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 relating to the development and protection of mountain areas, may transfer the right co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-21

…he privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in accordance with Articles 122 and 123 of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 referred to above.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

…0.9. For the purposes of this article, no account shall be taken of financial years ending before 1 January 2017.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Joint oil storage organisation

Article 1655 quater

…e repayment of the loan are added back to the shareholder's taxable income.II. - With effect from 1 January 1993, the tax regime defined in I is subject to the société anonyme de gestion des stocks de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-8

…The statutes of the unions concerned existing on the date of promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 777-3

No interconnection within the meaning of the 3° of I of Article 33 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be made between the automated national…

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