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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-37

…ment bearing the client's photograph and by taking a copy of this document. Reference note: until 1 January 2021, the taking of a copy of the document may be replaced by the collection of the followin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

…rs or to the processing of personal data except where this is in compliance with Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5 : Taxpayers with professional income in different categories

Article 155

…tioned in l'article 62.For the application of 3°, revenue relating to a tenancy that began before 1 January 2009 or relating to residential premises acquired or reserved before that date under the con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIa: Tax to finance the local authority support fund

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…2013-1278 du 29 December 2013 de finances pour 2014, in respect of their activity carried out on 1 January of each year. 2. - However, the following are not subject to this tax: 1° Persons having the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article L2213-4-2

…urposes set out in I, be processed automatically under the conditions set out in Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties. This automated processing may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7

…Board;12° Concludes the public service delegations mentioned in article 38 of law no. 93-122 of 29 January 1993 on the prevention of corruption and the transparency of economic life and public proced…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2441-1

…lynesia, in the version resulting from Decrees No. 2006-1661 of 22 December 2006, No. 2014-32 of 14 January 2014 and No. 2017-808 of 5 May 2017, with the exception of Articles R. 2131-2-1 to R. 2131-1…

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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 II

…fied as optional, answers are obligatory to enable your request to be processed. Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties grants you the right to access…

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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 III

…fied as optional, answers are obligatory to enable your request to be processed. Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties grants you the right to access…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 bis

…suant to the provisions of the legislation of that State adopted for the implementation of Articles 31 to 39 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006.2°a Intra-Community acquisitions of se…

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