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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

…the transfer from articles 44 sexies, 44 septies, as it stood prior to Finance Act no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 for 2022, 44 octies, as it read prior to the same law, 44 octies A, 44 quindecies,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 nonies

…ct to, at the company's request, of an exemption or a reduction at the same rate, up to a limit for 2022 of €154,732 and €420,505 respectively of added value per establishment and updated each year ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-5

…down in this article fail to do so, they shall be liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L4223-1

…profession of pharmacist. Illegal practice is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000. Natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: a) Posting or distrib…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-25

I.-The approval referred to in article L. 331-30 and the second paragraph of article L. 331-33 is granted by the Minister for Culture for a period of five years to associations that meet the following…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Environment and local services

Article L4424-35

…ation replaces the budgetary aid allocated by the State in Corsica pursuant to the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences, au titre de la prote…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

…expected. When the bathing season extends over the whole year, it begins on 1st October and ends on 30th September. 3° A large number of bathers corresponds to an estimated high number of bathers, tak…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2-1

…he committee is determined in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree no. 2015-354 of 27 March 2015.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-1

…out by the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Defence pursuant to Decree no. 76-225 of 4 March 1976, as amended, laying down the respective powers of the Minister of the Interior and the Mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article D6152-71-1

…be paid when the second instalment is paid. V.-In the event that a couple of practitioners who are married, cohabiting or in a civil solidarity pact are assigned to a public health establishment in t…

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