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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 C

1. The advance payment calculated by the tax authorities under the conditions set out in Article 204 E is paid in twelfths no later than the 15th of each month of the year, in accordance with the proc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Culture and communication

Article L4424-7

…e entrusted by agreement with their implementation or support. In areas where the legislation in force so provides, scientific and technical control is provided by the State. The territorial collectiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-2

…lised information collected during outpatient consultations provided in the establishment, during reception in the emergency department or at the time of admission and during the hospital stay, and in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-1

…tion followed, where applicable, by the acronym, the activity and the address of the registered office as well as the birth name and, where applicable, use name, first names, date, place of birth, nat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-16

…these persons shall make an offer of compensation to the victim or his heirs, within one month of receiving the opinion of the College of Experts, with a view to making full reparation for the harm su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 187

…ed for in 2° of l'article 219 bis, for dividends that benefit bodies that have their registered office in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the Europea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-2

Investment service providers other than asset management companies that execute client orders shall monitor the effectiveness of their order execution arrangements and execution policy in order to ide…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-1

…as possible, at their request or on its own initiative, to counterpart foreign financial intelligence units information that it holds on sums or transactions that appear to have as their purpose the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health record and compulsory examinations.

Article L2132-2-1

…ation is deemed to have been fulfilled when the dental surgeon or a doctor qualified in stomatology certifies on the health record mentioned in article L. 2132-1 that the examinations have been carrie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Persons liable.

Article D211-1

Pursuant to article L. 211-1-1, cancellation of the insurance contract is conditional upon the insured providing his insurer, no later than fifteen days after the insurer has been notified by the insu…

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