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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° bis : Inheritance tax. Exemption for property and property rights located in Corsica

Article 1135 bis

…ue of the real estate and real estate rights located in Corsica.For estates opened from 1 January 2028, the real estate and real estate rights located in Corsica are subject to death transfer duties u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-41

…mption declaration relates, as well as, where applicable, the machines mentioned in Article D. 4153-28 whose use by young people is required in order to carry out this work and, if maintenance work is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5121-51

…ations are examined in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing authorisation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-1

…the research or to authorise it, in the cases provided for by the Public Health Code or by Articles 28 to 31 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 20…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-4

…code de l'urbanisme as it read prior to Decree No. 2015-1783 of 28 December 2015 relating to the regulatory part of Book I of the Code de l'urbanisme and to the mod…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-12

For the period between 30 June 2021 and 28 September 2021, the calculation rates are set at :- 138.50% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 130.51%…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-3

…date of the last accounting period. For the application of articles R. 663-5 to R. 663-8 and R. 663-28, the turnover is that achieved during the observation period or the period of continued activity.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…27. Suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; 28. Collective food poisoning; 29. Tuberculosis; 30. Tularemia; 31. Exanthematic typhus; 32. Zika ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Acts and formalities relating to the seizure of immovable property and sale by auction

Article A444-193

…gent of the notice of transfer pursuant to article 5-1 of decree no. 67-223 of 17 March 1967 €15.38 28 Concerning co-ownership lots, notification to the syndic of the transfer of ownership pursuant to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Special arrangements applicable to services supplied by taxable persons not established in the European Union

Article 298 sexdecies F

…uropean Union in which, in accordance with Title V of Chapter 3 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, the supplies of services are deemed to tak…

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