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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 237 septies

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…ne 2016 L. 1121-5 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-6 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-7 Law no. 2019-180 of 8 March 2019 L. 1121-8 Order no. 2020-232 of 11 March 2020 L. 1121-8-1 Order n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 C

…u code de la construction et de l'habitation or by means of financing provided for in l'article R. 372-1 of the same code, are exempt from property tax on built-up properties for a period of fifteen y…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 septies A

…nstitutes a redemption premium:1. For the negotiable loans referred to in Article 118 and in 6° and 7° of article 120, and the negotiable debt securities referred to in l'article 124 B issued on or af…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution

Article R591-8

The adaptations to Articles R. 531-2, R. 531-4, R. 531-5, R. 531-6, R. 531-7, R. 531-11 and R. 531-17, provided for in 1° to 7°of Article R. 591-7, apply to asylum applications registered in French Gu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-8

…(EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/ EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-9

…tution of advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution

Article D591-9

For the application of the provisions of Article D. 553-10, the words: "in Annex 7" are replaced by the words: "in II of Annex 7".

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-10-1

The model minutes, referred to in article R. 713-7-1, are set out in appendix 7-2-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-1

…lowance contributions and the general social security funds referred to in Articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-1 of the Social Security Code. By way of derogation, these contributions are collected on behalf…

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