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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 173

1. The content and presentation of the declarations are specified by a decree. The names and addresses of the beneficiaries of arrears whose deduction the taxpayer claims must be compulsorily declared…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 171

…able a specific document containing the information referred to in article 170 of which it is aware and which has not been supplemented or corrected before the same date. A decree shall specify the ca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 170

1. With a view to calculating income tax, any person liable to that tax is required to complete and send to the administration a detailed declaration of their income and profits, their family expenses…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 174

…ccount, taxpayers must send the administration a declaration stating the surname, first names, date and place of birth of each of their children and dependents. Declarations are valid as long as their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article R4434-1

…article L. 4432-10, the appropriations required for the operation of the regional economic, social and environmental council and the council for culture, education and the environment of each of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4361-18-1

The competent authority's assessment of the applicant's command of the French language results in a decision that may be appealed to the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4352-12-1

The competent authority's assessment of the applicant's command of the French language results in a decision that may be appealed to the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Personal activity account for self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed, their collaborating spouses and artists and authors

Article D5151-10-1

…s opened for any person subject to the contribution provided for in articles L. 6331-48, L. 6331-53 and L. 6331-65 and article L. 718-2-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. It is made up o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-10-1

University and inter-university student health services supply students with emergency contraception drugs under the following conditions:1° Medicines are issued and administered free of charge to stu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-1-1

Where a contract has been concluded by electronic means or has been concluded by another means and the trader, on the day of termination by the consumer, offers the consumer the possibility of conclud…

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