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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Appeals against decisions by the Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority

Article R331-44

…the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique mentioned in articles R. 331-36 to R. 331-38 and R. 331-41 are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

…1142-22 under the conditions laid down in the second sentence of the third paragraph of Article L. 3122-1, in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 3122-2, in the first paragraph of Article L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1396 bis

I.-In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on undeveloped properties sold from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2025 by a public entity to illegal occupiers of land is subject to a reduction for the th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Supervision of the administration of bequeathed or donated property (R).

Article R2242-6

…dministration or liquidation of these assets, at the end of each calendar year and by the following 31 January at the latest, sends the receiver a statement of the transactions for the year, supported…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedures for issuing certificates

Article R3115-33

The persons or approved bodies mentioned in article R. 3115-31 shall prescribe any measures to eliminate the sources of infection or contamination that they observe.They draw up an inspection report s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contribution and management

Article R6332-72

…225-1-1 of the Social Security Code pays the amount of the contribution referred to in Article L. 6331-48 to France Compétences in the form of an advance payment by 31 December of the year in respect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-22

…atory during the past year and its work prospects for the coming year. The annual report is sent by 31 March of the following year, by the biologist in charge, to the Minister of Health and to the Min…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration

Article R6223-7

Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq. of the Commercial Code, subject to the provisions of this article. The joint representative re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Capping of certain income tax benefits

Article 200-0 A

…9 undecies A, 199 undecies B, 199 undecies C and 199 unvicies and in XII of Article 199 novovicies, may not provide a reduction in tax due of more than an amount of €10,000.The total of the advantages…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIa: Transitional tax relief

Article 1647 C quinquies C

…s of trade and craft trades that would have been due in respect of 2010 under this code in force at 31 December 2009, with the exception of the flat-rate coefficients determined in application of arti…

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