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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5213-4

…wn. The amount of the fine may not exceed the amount set in the second paragraph of article L. 5421-9. If the formal notice has not been acted upon by the end of the period set, the Director General m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quatervicies

…hemes, to which membership is compulsory and set up under the conditions provided for in article L. 911-1 of the Social Security Code, when these contracts are taken out by an employer or a group of e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter X

Property and casualty insurance companies of all kinds must, when they apply to the taxable income for a financial year the surplus of provisions set aside to meet the settlement of claims arising dur…

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

Article 244 quater L

…European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, may benefit from the tax credit provided for in I of this article when the amount resulting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

…rsuant to article L. 151-2 ; 3° Products covered by Article L. 214-42 as it read prior toOrder 2011-915 of 1 August 2011 on UCITS and the modernisation of the legal framework for asset management and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L511-52

…ovisions of this II do not apply to members appointed on the basis of Articles 4 or 6 of Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 on the governance and capital transactions of publicly held companies to the b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

…ovisions of this II do not apply to members appointed on the basis of Articles 4 or 6 of Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 on the governance and capital transactions of publicly held companies to the b…

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

Article 1383 J

…eir own tax status may, by a resolution passed under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built properties, for the portion not exempt under I, buildings…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 F

…cooperation with its own tax system in accordance with the conditions set out in I of l'article 1639 A bis, the net taxable base for business property tax of establishments existing on 1 January 2009…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1601

…levied for the benefit of CMA France and the chambers of trade mentioned in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of trade fees applicable in the departments of B…

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