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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1382-0

I.-For each commune, the rate of each of the exemptions from property tax on built-up properties provided for in articles 1382 B, 1382 C, 1382 C bis, 1382 D, 1382 E, 1382 G, 1382 H, 1382 İ, 1383-0 B,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2312-13

Purchasers may conclude a defence or security contract at provisional prices only in the following cases:1° When, in the case of complex services or services using a new technique and either of an imp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers

Article L533-9

When investment service providers other than portfolio management companies trade over-the-counter financial instruments that are economically equivalent to commodity derivatives, units referred to in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 977

1. The rate of the tax is set at: Fraction of the net taxable value of the assets Applicable rate (as a percentage) Not exceeding €800,000 0 Greater than €800,000 and less than or equal to €1,300,000…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-10

The Agence nationale du sport is responsible for developing access to sport for everyone and promoting elite sport and high performance sport, particularly in Olympic and Paralympic disciplines, as pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-105

…0-9 or to the article 24 of decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of the loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil. An updated copy of the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-13

Research may only be carried out in a place that has the human, material and technical resources appropriate to the research and compatible with the safety requirements of the persons undergoing the r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-138

After deliberation by the jury, the candidate who has failed one or more training units of the specific part may be authorised by the regional director of youth, sports and community life to follow th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-13

In order to be authorised, the issuer must open a specific bank or post office account, in accordance with article L. 1271-11, into which the funds received as consideration for the transfer of the se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-139

I.- In addition to the company's distinctive sign, the outer packaging may include signs or pictograms explaining some of the above information, as well as other information compatible with the summar…

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