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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-31

…the provisions relating to the establishment of criminal liability for press offences in the loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la liberté de la presseet de la loi n° 82-652 du 29 juillet 1982 sur la communic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

…region is formed by grouping together several regions, in accordance with Article 1 of Law no. 2015-29 of 16 January 2015 on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and amendi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 22: Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Article R412-38

…3/2006 5° The provisions of Articles 4, 5 and 11 to 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 450/2009 of 29 May 2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…rtmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the amount of this allocatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…1 of 7 August 2015 L. 2122-22, with the exception of its 13°, 18°, 19°, 21°, 22°, 23°, 25°, 28° and 29° law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 2122-23 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 2122-24 to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA

…ods for which the order gave rise to the benefit of the tax aid instituted by the lois n° 75-408 du 29 mai 1975 et n° 75-853 du 13 septembre 1975. The provisions of 2° do not apply to equipment acquir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-5

…compensation due to the victim taking into account, on the one hand, the benefits listed in article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 aimed at improving the situation of road accident victims and sp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R*323-11

…icable to these reorganisation measures by virtue of the provisions of articles L. 326-20 to L. 326-29. This publication is not required when the reorganisation measures exclusively affect the rights…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-3

The guarantees referred to in I of Article 84 of the Amending Finance Act 2012-1510 of 29 December 2012 are issued to finance transactions carried out by public administrations or public or private se…

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

Article 919-15

For the period between 29 December 2021 and 26 April 2022, the calculation rates are set at :- 141.06% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 132.43%…

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