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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…ulation (EU) 2017/745 or Article 14(4) of the same Regulation, that the device it has placed on the market, put into service or made available on French territory presents a serious risk or is a falsi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-8

…of these greenhouse gas emissions; b) Greenhouse gas emissions balance provided for in Article L. 229-25 of the Environmental Code or simplified balance provided for in Article 244 of Law no. 2020-17…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Rubrique 1

…ownership manager specifying in particular the date of the minutes of the general meeting and a summary of unpaid amounts for each co-owner. (2) Article L. 1331-29 III and articles R. 1331-6 to R. 13…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 nonies C

…peration;- and, where applicable, in application of B of Article 4 of Law no. 96-987 of 14 November 1996 relating to the implementation of the city revival pact or of B of Article 3 of Law no. 96-1143…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-6-1

…500 to 4,999 inhabitants18From 5,000 to 9,999 inhabitants2210,000 to 19,999 inhabitants2620,000 to 29,999 inhabitants3030,000 to 39,999 inhabitants3440,000 to 49,999 inhabitants3850,000 to 74,999 inh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…file, as well as the work involved in adapting these files to any digital broadcast medium; 2° A summary table of all de minimis aid received over the last three tax years by the production company.II…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 167 bis

…ement on recovery having a similar scope to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, taxes, duties and othe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…entary pension schemes meeting the conditions set out in Article 3 of Council Directive 98/49/EC of 29 June 1998 on safeguarding the supplementary pension rights of employed and self-employed persons…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 H

…f this II, the tax credits provided for in A and 3 of E of II of Article 60 of Law no. 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 on finance for 2017 are not taken into account.The amount of income provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-1

…ect services essential to the real economy or to disrupt financial stability because of the size or market share of the person or group, its internal and external interdependence, its complexity or th…

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