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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

…e of income is, pursuant to Article 8, subject in its own name to income tax in the property income category, may, by irrevocable option exercised when filing the income tax return for the year of sub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36

…n investment services provider other than a portfolio management company, a public institution, a local authority, an institution, a person or entity benefiting from the provisions of Article L. 531-2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-32

…ponsible for implementing the system to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Where applicable, such a person shall also be designated at group level as defined in Article L. 561-33.II. - T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-33

…nvicted. Such persons shall be informed of their right to object. II.-Without prejudice to the application of article R. 40-31, the rights of information, access, rectification and deletion provided f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5 - Multi-year impact study of operating expenditure linked to exceptional investment operations

Article D1611-35

In application of article L. 1611-9, the multi-annual impact study on operating expenditure is drawn up for all exceptional investment projects. This study is attached to the presentation of the excep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-32

I.-In the case of a multi-employer pyrotechnic site as defined in Article R. 4462-2, the site's pyrotechnic activities may only be carried out on the basis of an agreement drawn up and concluded by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation of the Disciplinary Boards of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Board

Article R4234-3

…by reasoned order, without prior inquiry: 1° take note of withdrawals; 2° reject complaints or applications that manifestly do not fall within the jurisdiction of the court; 3° declare that there is n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-32

In application of the last paragraph of article L. 1424-35, when the board of directors has not set the provisional amount of revenue for the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service on 15…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article R561-31

…y require all or some of the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 to make the declaration electronically using a special computer application accessible via the Internet.II. - When the declaration is…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Building insurance

Article A243-3

Where the insurance certificate relates to a ten-year liability insurance contract taken out by an individual taxable person, the insurance certificate provided for in Article L. 243-2 must bear the w…

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