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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414

I. - (Repealed).I bis. - (Repealed).II. - The following are automatically exempted from council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not used as a main residence:1° Managers of you…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R363-3

…erritories" are inserted and the words: "in France" are replaced by the words: "in Saint-Martin";3° bis In Article R. 312-8, the reference to Articles D. 312-5-1, D. 312-5-2 and D. 312-7-2 is replaced…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R361-2

…ces to the Prefect are replaced by references to the State representative in the local authority;1° bis The second paragraph of Article R. 312-1 does not apply;1° ter Article R. 312-7-3 does not apply…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-112

…tion mentioned in article L. 5312-1 or by one of the bodies mentioned in article L. 5314-1 or in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4 or by the person mentioned in 2° of article L. 5134-19-1. An assessment of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-1

…undercover operations defined by Article 706-81 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and by article 67 bis-II of the Customs Code and the centralisation of information from these operations carried out b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil départemental de l'environnement et des risques sanitaires et technologiques.

Article R1416-2

…matters falling within his remit.It comprises :1° Six representatives of government departments; 1° bis The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative; 2° Five representative…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies C

…Association loses, under the conditions laid down in 3, the benefit of the provisions of 1. (1) See art. 93 ter..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L156-2

…ble for examining their asylum application" are deleted; 3° Article L. 142-2 is worded as follows: "Art. L. 142-2.-The data in the automated fingerprint files managed by the Ministry of the Interior m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-7

I. - The Minister responsible for culture shall establish by decree a list of collective management organisations capable of informing the beneficiaries of droit de suite and likely in this capacity t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-2-4

…s application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, Article L. 615-2 of this code is worded as follows: Art. L. 615-2.-An infringement action shall be brought by the owner of the patent. Unless otherwise…

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