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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D

…taxes paid by the transferor, and their effective acquisition price by the latter less, where applicable, the tax reductions effectively obtained under the conditions provided for in article 199 terd…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L440-1

…r the performance of its duties.The Chairman of the Commission may request that an investigation be carried out by agents authorised for this purpose in Article L. 450-1of this code and to articles L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-68-1

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 232-25, the categories of legal persons who finance or invest, directly or indirectly, in companies, or provide services for the benefit of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-8

…Th-232 and its radioactive progeny (1) 1(1) All radionuclides in the uranium 238 and thorium 232 decay chains are considered to be in radioactive equilibrium with their parent. In the event of radioa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278-0 bis

…beans and cocoa butter are admitted at the reduced rate of 5.5%;c) Margarines and vegetable fats;d) Caviar;e) Alcoholic beverages;1°-00 bis Foodstuffs intended for consumption by animals producing foo…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…d. 2. Where import or export is permitted only on presentation of an authorisation, licence, certificate, etc., the goods are prohibited if they are not accompanied by a regular document of title or i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

EXEMPTIONSHolders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level S…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Criminal provisions

Article R162-5

…the public, banknotes which he has sufficient reason to believe to be counterfeit; An employee who can prove that he has carried out the checks and complied with the procedures for withdrawing notes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-2

…t) represented by its director,And :M....... (surname, first name, hospital duties, address, qualification and date of qualification, registration number with the departmental medical association),it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

The work permit provided for in Article R. 5221-1 is waived for: 1° Nationals of the Member States of the European Union, the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and the…

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