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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Reduction of the fine for voluntary payment

Article R55-3

…eneral Tax Code and, where applicable, the increase in the fine provided for by the articles L. 211-27 and L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code in the event of conviction for the offence of failure to take…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit

Article R561-37-1

…rds to ensure traceability of: 1° Requests for information that it sends, pursuant toArticle L. 561-27, to the public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the officers and agents of the judicial po…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-16

I. - The communauté de communes automatically exercises, in place of the member communes, the competences falling within each of the following groups: 1° Spatial planning for the implementation of act…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1679 A

…d, if necessary, to the nearest euro.A mutual insurer which, between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018, establishes that it has exceeded the staffing threshold referred to in the first paragraph ret…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-1

…780 million euros respectively. In 2016 and 2017, the fund's resources are set at €1 billion. From 2018, the fund's resources are set at €1 billion.2. The tax resources referred to in 1 correspond, f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-33

…requested by an operator in accordance with point 3 of Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a system…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article D5141-88-1

…n Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC or in exceptional circumsta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-4

…e limits:1° Of 2.95% in Paris and the Hauts-de-Seine department;1° bis Of 2.12% for 2017, 2.33% for 2018, 2.54% for 2019, 2.74% for 2020 and 2.95% from 1 January 2021 in the communes of the Seine-Sain…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

…agraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R321-1

…of Article R. 321-15 and article R. 321-16, as well as the provisions of articles R. 321-26, R. 321-27, R. 321-30 to R. 321-34, R. 321-36 to R. 321-42, R. 321-44, R. 321-46 and R. 321-47.Collective ma…

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