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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mediation

Article L651-1

…the online settlement of consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC" are replaced by the words: "the rules in force in mainland France under the provisions o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-25

…cal devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC, in accordance with procedures specif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Heat and cooling distribution

Article L2224-38

…k is brought into service, and revised every ten years. For networks commissioned between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2019, the master plan referred to in this II shall be drawn up before 31 Decemb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Foreign investment subject to prior authorisation

Article R733-14

…in article R. 151-3:1° In 2° of I, the words: "listed in Annex IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

…quired by first-time buyers who have taken out state-subsidised loans (PAP) between 1 July 1981 and 31 December 1984 and who are unable to meet their repayments, when the first-time buyers who sell th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Consultation of registered information

Article R521-29

…he electronic communication of procedural documents made possible by this electronic portal. Before 31 March each year, the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce will submit to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Adoption of the budget.

Article D2573-30

Article R. 2312-1 is, from the 2009 financial year, applicable to the communes of French Polynesia. Article D. 2312-3 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-1

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

…f the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Articles 17, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29 and 31 or, where applicable, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the applicat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 septvicies

…1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of l'article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2012, a new home or a home in a future state of completion benefit from an inco…

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