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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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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-1

…the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 311-3 Act no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 311-4 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 311-7Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-1

…the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 311-3 Act no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 311-4 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 311-7Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-13

The financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December.The Board shall adopt the budget of the Autorité des marchés financiers each year before the beginning of the financial year. The budget…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Availability to healthcare professionals

Article D3134-4

…sionals are made available to the legal entities mentioned in I of article 49 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service. Before it is signed, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-8

…ns falling within the competence of the regions pursuant to II b of Article 82 of Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 on the division of powers between communes, départements, regions and the State; b) For…

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