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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 A

…vestments constitute debt income subject to income tax under the conditions set out in articles 125 and 125 A.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 D

…42 ter must then provide the administration with all the information required to establish the tax, and taxpayers must also provide them with the amount of the disposals they make.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 C

The amount of the gains mentioned in Article 124 B is set in accordance with the conditions set out in the first paragraph of 1 and 2 of Article 150-0 D. However, the costs of acquisition for valuable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-12

…ncil, as appropriate, after the management account drawn up by the local authority's accounting officer has been submitted by 1 June of the year following the financial year. The vote of the deliberat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Marine, river and lake insurance

Article L173-12

…e policy, the insured is covered for each event up to the amount of the sum insured, without prejudice to the insurer's right to request an additional premium after each event.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-12

The application for a compulsory licence is made to the judicial court: it must be accompanied by proof that the applicant has been unable to obtain a licence to exploit the patent from the patent own…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Swimming establishments and aquatic activities

Article D322-12

Fee-paying bathing establishments are the physical activity and sports establishments mentioned in article L. 322-1 in which aquatic, bathing or swimming activities are practised or in which these act…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Quarantine, placement and isolation measures

Article L3131-12

…It is regularly publicised throughout the duration of the health threat. Measures aimed at placing and keeping affected persons in isolation may only be applied to persons who have undergone virologi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of sale

Article L3512-12

…or ingredients as defined in article L. 3512-2 to minors under the age of eighteen in tobacconists and any other shops or public places. The person issuing one of these products requires the customer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pharmacy and medical physics professions

Article L4422-12

Chapter I of Title V of Book II of this Part is applicable in the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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