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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 40

…e added back to the taxable profit for the financial year in which the above period expired. 5. and 6. (Repealed) (3).

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 750-1

In application of the Article 4 of Law no. 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016, on pain of inadmissibility, which the judge may declare ex officio, the legal claim shall be preceded, at the parties' option,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-232-1

…able to the public for canvassing purposes pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article L773-21

…e wording resulting from L. 521-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-3-1 Act no. 2018-727 of 10 A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article L774-21

…e wording resulting from L. 521-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-3-1 Act no. 2018-727 of 10 A…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of the customs service.

Article 44

…nautical miles measured from the baselines of the territorial sea defined in Article 2 of Order No. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016.3. The land area is comprised: (a) Between the coastline and a line dra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to eligible compensation

Article D533-14

…party under the conditions mentioned in Article 71(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-2

…nland France, the following fractions determined under the conditions provided for in IX of Article 60 of Law No. 2018-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020:- that mentioned in I of Article 59…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 1

…tionals and their families, supplemented by an annexed protocol, signed in Algiers on 27 December 1968, amended by its first amendment signed in Algiers on 28 September 1994, by its second amendment s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-2

…ht-hand column of the table below: ARTICLES IN THE WORDING RESULTING FROM R. 4127-1 Decree no. 2012-694 of 7 May 2012 R. 4127-2 to R. 4127-7 Decree no. 2004-802 of 27 July 2004 R. 4127-8 Decree no. 20…

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