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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1965 C

In the absence of the information or proof prescribed by article 763, the highest duties shall be levied, in accordance with the same article, unless the overpayment is reimbursed, upon request submit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-19

Departmental specifications setting out the framework and conditions for organising on-call medical transport services are drawn up by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency after consulti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 B

I.-For the purposes of this article and articles 205 C and 205 D, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Hybrid arrangement: a situation in which: a) A payment is made under a financial instrument…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-19

…ve-month period during which both of the following conditions are met: a) No transactions have been carried out on the account, other than the recording of interest and the debiting by the institution…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 M

…year for which tax was assessed is determined in accordance with the rules set out in I of article 204 H. However, the income taken into account is made up of the sum of that which he or she has pers…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-19

The managers and employees of the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 may disclose to the judicial authority or to officers of the judicial police acting under delegation that informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-19

…n of the authorisation is issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The company exploiting the medicinal product is given the opportuni…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-19

The decision to grant an increased advance is taken on the advice of a committee of experts made up of five members appointed for a renewable period of three years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-19

…he balance sheet or between expense and income items in the income statement, except in exceptional cases provided for by a regulation of the Accounting Standards Authority. The opening balance sheet…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-19

When the first paragraph of Article L. 1612-1 of the General Local Authorities Code is applied in the event that the Centre's budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to whic…

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