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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article R4031-40

…e annual work programme. This fraction is determined by the union assembly and may not be less than 30% or more than 80% of the union's annual budget. Within the regional union of doctors, a fraction…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations

Article R8293-4

…hotograph that does not comply with the standards set out in article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 relating to passports constitutes valid grounds for not issuing the card or for inv…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 bis

A special equipment tax is instituted for the benefit of the public land establishments mentioned in Article L. 324-1 of the town planning code or the Corsican land office, a public establishment of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…fourth paragraph of this 1° applies first to products attached to premiums paid before 27 September 2017, then, for products attached to premiums paid from that same date and where the option provided…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-28

…ording system pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

…No 178/2002 as regards food of animal origin 4° The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 6 to 10, 12 to 28, 30 to 37, 44 and Annexes I to XV of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8-1

…regions as a result of the transfer of powers provided for in Article 21-1 of the loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des transports intérieurs' are compensated under the conditions set b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6

…egative amounts resulting from the application of 1.2 and 2.2 of Article 78 of law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010 collected or borne the previous year by the department;4° The s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…his financial penalty a daily fine for each day of supply disruption observed, which may not exceed 30% of the average daily turnover achieved in France by the company in the last financial year for t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

…the purposes of this article, no account shall be taken of financial years ending before 1 January 2017.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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