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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601-0 A

By way of derogation from a and b of article 1601, the corresponding duties payable by company directors benefiting from the scheme provided for in article L. 613-7 of the Social Security Code are cal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article R*160-6

…ave elapsed from the date of the objection and no third party holder has come forward, the objector may, on production of a simple letter from the company certifying that the objection has not been co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-16

…of the person's condition requires a new assessment of the damage, this person or his beneficiaries may ask the college of experts to issue a new opinion. The claim is investigated under the condition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-3

…or in article 712-6 or the hearing provided for in article 712-13. This curator, guardian or person may make written observations or be heard as a witness by the sentence enforcement court, by decisio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-16

…aration shall be accompanied by the documents provided for in Article 2 of Decree no. 2017-794 of 5 May 2017 relating to the formation, operation and supervision of multi-professional legal, judicial…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Guarantee fund for agricultural disasters in the overseas departments

Article 1635 bis AA

…ual tax on insurance agreements provided for in Article 991. The rate is set by the Finance Act and may not exceed 10%..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater L

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16-1

…r the Protection of Industrial Property in respect of the National Institute of Industrial Property may lodge an appeal with a view to having his right restored if he proves a legitimate excuse. The p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

…ity date, covering the same invention and belonging to the same inventor or his successor in title, may not, in respect of the common parts, be the subject independently of each other of a transfer, p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-16

…by the article 92 of Law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the local authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the amount of the claim still to be collected from the support…

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