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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-19

…account holders holding deposits and assets in respect of the savings products mentioned in Chapter II of Title II of Book II, the file may be consulted on the basis of the registration number in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L7341-1

…to self-employed persons who use one or more electronic contact platforms as defined inArticle 242 bis of the General Tax Code in order to carry out their professional activity.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Eligibility.

Article L723-4

…courts;2° Who meet the nationality condition provided for in Article L. 2 of the Electoral Code;2° bis Who have not been convicted of a criminal offence for acts contrary to honour, probity or public…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518

I. - In the interval between two general reviews, the rental values defined in I and II of article 1496 and article 1497, as well as those for commercial premises mentioned in article 1501 and those f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-38

…ertificate has been lodged or accepted, customs officials may, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, inform this holder of the implementation of this measure. They may also pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax on the sale of land that has become building land

Article 1529

…r-municipal cooperation may decide to pay back part of the amount of the tax to the member communes.II. - The tax applies to sales made by individuals and companies and groupings subject to income tax…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Circulation, possession and trade in tobacco products

Article 575 M

…o the departments of metropolitan France, infringements of the provisions of articles 571 and 575 E bis shall be investigated, recorded, prosecuted and punished as in customs matters (1).(1) Amendment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-2

…irectors are understood to mean the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of 1° of article 885 O bis of the General Tax Code.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-4

For the application of IV bis of article L. 324-1-1, premises for commercial use are premises included in buildings whose purpose is trade and service activities within the meaning of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 undecies

…lue added tax under the simplified actual tax regime provided for in articles 302 septies A and 298 bis of the same code, on declarations sent at the same time as the annual declaration mentioned in a…

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