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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-34

…s way.The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the application of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-8

…rance and Occupational Pensions Authority with the following information on an annual basis until 1 January 2021: a) The availability of long-term guarantees for insurance products on the French marke…

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

Article R412-38

…ffs 6° The provisions of Articles 2 to 6 and 8 to 19 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ca: Correction applied to allowances when property tax on built-up properties is transferred

Article 1388-0

…d the department applied in 2020 in the municipality; II. II.-For business premises existing on 1st January 2020 and valued in application of article 1498, for the application of I of this article, th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

…e to these same taxes. V. - The tax is due for the entire year in respect of licences existing on 1 January.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

…y if they have come into his possession by gratuitous transfer.II. - (Repealed with effect from 1st January 1996).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article L2334-37

…ors elected in the department when it has fewer than five members of parliament. With effect from 1 January 2018, where the département has five or more members of parliament, two deputies and two sen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L3131-2

…mporary or seasonal increase in activity, pursuant to 1° and 2° of article 3 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service ;6° Requisition orders for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Access by the National Commission to information covered by medical confidentiality

Article R1142-41-1

…the information received by teletransmission must comply with the provisions of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties andOrder no. 2005-1516 of 8 Dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe IV

…as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms grants you the right to access a…

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