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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Special provisions for works of art

Article L1616-1

…uly 1983, the date of publication of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between communes, départements, regions and the Stat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-14

…th benefits of the same nature provided for by contractual or conventional provisions in force on 7 January 1981 and intended to compensate for the loss of employment resulting from the accident at wo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-14-1

…r in respect of those contracts, up to a maximum of one quarter of the commissions received since 1 January of the year preceding that in which the authorisation is withdrawn. The same provision appli…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Tourist facilities.

Article L342-3

In accordance with the provisions ofarticle 34 of order no. 2016-65 of 29 January 2016 on concession contracts, the term of these contracts is adjusted according to the nature and scale of the investm…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 B

…option applies it only to transactions that he determines. This option may be terminated as from 1 January of the fifth year following that in which it was exercised.The option or its termination tak…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-47

…ions of this sub-section. It carries on the tasks which, prior to the promulgation of the law of 18 January 1988 relating to the mutualisation of the caisse nationale de crédit agricole, were entruste…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-1

…pplicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.Article L. 1110-4 is appli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Food, advertising and promotion.

Article L2133-2

…s into force on the date of publication of the decree referred to in the second paragraph, and by 1 January 2017 at the latest. Failure to comply with this article is punishable by a fine of €37,500,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-13

…s set by the decree of 21 May 1992 taken for the application of article 6 of decree no. 90-66 of 17 January 1990 laying down the general principles concerning the distribution of cinematographic and a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 970

…965 placed in a trust defined in article 792-0 bis are included, for their net market value on 1st January of the tax year, as the case may be, in the assets of the settlor or in those of the benefic…

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