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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278-0 bis

…foodstuffs, with the exception of the following products to which the rate provided for in article 278 :a) Confectionery products;b) Chocolate and all compound products containing chocolate or cocoa.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-257

Supervisory Board members are liable for any personal faults committed in the performance of their duties. They do not incur any liability, due to acts of management and their results. They may be dec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 257 ter

I.- Each transaction subject to value added tax is considered to be distinct and independent and is subject to its own tax regime determined on the basis of its main element or its non-accessory eleme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-257

The following information relating to the company's principal place of business in France, or its registered office if it has no place of business, shall be entered in the National Register of Compani…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of dental surgeons in relation to social medicine.

Article R4127-257

Before undertaking any expert examination, the dental surgeon must inform the person to be examined of his mission. He must refrain from making any comments during the examination.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions common to the "Adult Psychiatry" and "Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" specialisations

Article D6124-257

All sites providing full inpatient care include: 1° Single or double rooms, equipped with sanitary facilities. Each room is equipped with a call device accessible to each patient and a lockable cupboa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278-0 bis A

I.-Religible for the reduced rate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 278-0 bis are energy renovation services that meet the following conditions: 1° They are carried out in premises that ha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279-0 bis A

…or purposes other than living accommodation through the work referred to in 2° of 2 of I of Article 257. A.-Application of Article 257 of the French Code of Civil Procedure. II.-A.-In application of 4…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article R 2571-2

For the application of this part to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance" are replaced by the words: "director in charge of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

…t in 1992 provided that the proceeds mentioned in I have not been taxed on the basis of article 238 bis-0 I, and for which the correlative debts are recorded in the opening balance sheet of the first…

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