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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-8

The premises to which workers normally have access are served by clearances, the number and width of which are specified in the following table: WORKFORCENUMBERof exitsTOTAL NUMBERof passage unitsLess…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170

…a detailed declaration of their income and profits, their family expenses and the other elements necessary for calculating income tax, including in particular those used to determine the ceiling on t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-20

Without prejudice to the application of Article 694-4, enforcement of a confiscation order shall be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If the certificate is not produced, if it is drawn up inco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394

…munes for taxes levied by the commune to which they belong, when they are assigned to a public service or of general utility and not income-producing.These include:gardens adjoining public buildings a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5223-1

Advertising to the public for an in vitro diagnostic medical device: 1° Is designed in such a way that the advertising nature of the message is obvious and the product is clearly identified as an in v…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-23

I.-As an exception to Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the Agency's funds may be deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289-0

…The invoicing rules provided for in Article 289 apply to transactions deemed to be located in France pursuant to Articles 258 to 259 D, excluding those carried out by a taxable person who has establ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-17-1

The public waste prevention and management service is subject to cost accounting.The mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation presents, respectively, to the mu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 750-1

In application of the Article 4 of Law no. 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016, on pain of inadmissibility, which the judge may declare ex officio, the legal claim shall be preceded, at the parties' option,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-13

…et by the competent authority of the trading venue with the largest volume of trading, known as the central competent authority. Where the Autorité des marchés financiers is the central competent auth…

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