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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…cree of 28 June 1930 relating to the conditions of application of article 15 of the finance law of 16 April 1930, until the date of approval of the simple management plan for this forest. Where the la…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: BORDER CONTROLS

Article L331-1

In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Sc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

On the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 142…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 159 quinquies

…The distribution by sociétés immobilières d'investissement governed by I of Article 33 of Law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963 to their shareholders and by sociétés immobilières de gestion governed by Ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1499

Under this regime, in addition to the debts that would form part of it under the legal regime, a fraction of the debts of which the spouses were already burdened when they married, or of which they ar…

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

Article L2573-38

…2311-5, the words: "the deadline for voting on the rates of local taxation provided for in Article 1639 A of the General Tax Code" are replaced by the words: "31 March".

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-5

For the application of article L. 5423-7 in Mayotte, the words: "in articles L. 821-1 and L. 821-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in article 35 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 Ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13-2

…ct : 1° Has a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-13

…ained a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union in application of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Declaration of payment incidents and regularisations

Article R733-9

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-26n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-27 to R. 131-31n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005II. - For the applica…

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