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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Withholding tax on salaries, pensions and annuities free of charge

Article 1671

…s relating to taxes, taxes, duties and other measures and by Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 of 7 October 2010 on administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax. Th…

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

Article D533-13

…135-6 of the Social Security Code, the occupational pension institutions mentioned in article L. 370-1 of the Insurance Code for their operations mentioned in article L. 370-2 of the same code, as w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…a, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with the exception of articles R. 1131-3, R. 1131-7 to R. 1131-8, R. 1131-13 to R…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…s tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the amount of this allocation is reduced by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-51

Any provider of a voice communications service, within the meaning of 7° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, offers consumers with whom it has a contractual relatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-3

…ective 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, where the contract concl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-6

The consumer may not be deprived of the protection mentioned in Section 7 of Chapter IV of Title III of this Book, including where the applicable law is that of a third country, provided that:-for con…

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

Article L511-1

…ited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees exercises its mandate under the terms of Articles 6 and 7 of its Statute as adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1950;3° To…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-53

…eve the statutory auditor of his duties in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 823-7 of the Commercial Code. The Autorité des marchés financiers may also report the infringement to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-10

…the establishment; 5° The projected timetable for redundancies; 6° The economic measures envisaged; 7° Where applicable, the consequences of the planned redundancies in terms of health, safety or work…

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