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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-9

The following are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000:1° Failure to prepare self-vaccines in compliance with the obligations set out in Article L. 5142-1-1;2° Failure to comply…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

…% for general publications and 65% for daily newspapers of the profit for the 1980 financial year,- 30% for general publications and 60% for daily newspapers of the profit for the 1981 to 1996 financi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-56

Information requested by the requesting authority of such a nature as to prejudice the fundamental national security interests of the State or to compromise the security of a person shall not be commu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

For the application of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-57

A judicial authority which decides, on the basis of the information it has gathered in accordance with Article 695-9-54 and after consultation with the competent authorities of the other Member States…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-23

…id in three instalments. <The first payment is made when the grant is awarded. It corresponds to 30% of the amount of the aid, determined on the basis of forecast distribution expenditure.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article R313-23

…ishes to make use of the option to substitute the insurance contract provided for in article L. 313-30 before the loan offer mentioned in article L. 313-24 is issued, the lender and the delegated insu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 155 B

…to tax on the elements of their remuneration directly linked to this situation or, by option, up to 30% of their remuneration.The first paragraph is applicable provided that the employees and persons…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Optional taxes

Article 1582

…aters.The deliberation instituting the contribution or modifying its rate takes place no later than 30 September of the year to be applicable from the following year. It applies until it is withdrawn.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-49-1

…ed holding company. V.-In the case of a group comprising a central body mentioned in Article L. 511-30 and the network of institutions and companies affiliated to this central body, the resolution col…

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