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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R526-14

…ance with the rules of ordinary law within one month of the publication mentioned in article R. 526-13.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Penalties (R).

Article R1611-15

Shall be punished by the fine provided for respectively in articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code the repeat offence, by a natural or legal person, of a 5th class contravention as defined in II…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval procedure

Article R519-55

For authorisation under the conditions set out in I of Article L. 519-13, the association submits a file to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the composition of which is set by ord…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23-2

…e temporary exemptions enjoyed by new constructions as well as the premises referred to in articles 1384 C and 1384 D of the General Tax Code in respect of property tax on built-up properties are offs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-35

…e temporary exemptions enjoyed by new constructions as well as the premises referred to in articles 1384 C and 1384 D of the General Tax Code in respect of property tax on built-up properties are offs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

…for poor farm management in disregard of paragraph 1 of Article 107 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and paragraph 3 of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional Commission for the Coordination of the Actions of the Regional Health Agency and the Sickness Insurance Scheme

Article R1434-14

…s jurisdiction. The plenary session delivers the opinions mentioned in 4° and 5° of article R. 1434-13. III - In addition to the chairman of the commission, the select committee includes the director…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

…struction, damage and deterioration punishable by the articles 221-1 à 221-4,222-1 to 222-18, 225-4-13 and 322-1 to 322-13 of the Penal Code, when these acts have been committed because of the victim'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…ect of 2003 pursuant to article L. 3334-7-1 as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003), increased by 95% of the amount of the general decentralisation allowance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies FB

…he storage of livestock effluent constructed, acquired or manufactured from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation equal to 40% of their cost price spread on…

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