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French General Tax CodeIn force
A ter: Individual identification number

Article 286 ter A

…al scheme provided for in Article 298 sexdecies H as well as imports carried out under this scheme ;4° Where the taxable persons are not established in France, supplies of goods or services for which…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-20-1

I. - The provisions of IIIa of Article L. 2224-12-4 apply to increases in the volume of water consumed due to a leak in a drinking water pipe after the meter, excluding leaks due to household applianc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-1

…f the recognised representative workers' organisations on the list mentioned in article L. 7343-4 ; 4° A college made up of one representative from each of the recognised representative platform organ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Provisions relating to the adoption and implementation of a measure to reduce and convert own funds instruments

Article L613-48-1

…ility of the group depends on the reduction in nominal value or the conversion of such instruments; 4° In the case of own-fund instruments issued at the level of the parent undertaking within the mean…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-5

At the end of the period referred to in Article 4 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précité, transfers of State taxes represent at least half of the resources allocated by the State to all local au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-1

Investment services providers, other than portfolio management companies, authorised in France, intermediaries authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for clearing, administ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

…no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system;3° Article L. 2212-4 ; 4° Chapter III, as amended by Act no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021;5° Articles L. 2212-1 and L. 2212-5…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IVa: Certain regulated tariffs

Article L444-6

I. - The officers referred to in II of Article L. 450-1 investigate and record breaches of articles L. 444-4 and L. 444-5 under the conditions set out in articles L. 450-2 to L. 450-8. They may enjoin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article L692-1

Other than the persons mentioned respectively in Article L. 631-4 and in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 631-5 or to Article L. 640-4 and the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 64…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article D443-3

…r farmers; 3° The opinion of the Autorité de la concurrence mentioned in III of article L. 442-1-2; 4° A full report and all written contributions to the public consultation referred to in Article L.…

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