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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of property income

Article 14 B

…t have been waived or relinquished by the lessor to the lessee company between 15 April 2020 and 31 December 2021 under the conditions and within the limits mentioned in 9° of 1 of article 39 do not c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alert mechanism

Article R212-94-4

…t on the European Economic Area, under the conditions provided for in Chapter III of Order No. 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016 on the recognition of professional qualifications of regulated professions:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4113-5

…011-4.This prohibition does not preclude the application of the provisions of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment income

Article R343-16

…referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1, calculated in accordance with the provisions in force on 31 December 2015, represented less than 10% of the total amount of the undertaking's technical provisio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1122

…be claimed on documents produced in connection with the application of the aforementioned law of 15 December 1923, as amended by the law of 6 February 1941. The foregoing provisions do not apply to do…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L833-1

…isions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Principal penalties

Article L823-2

…enting the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, signed in Palermo on 12 December 2000.The provisions of 2° apply from the date of publication of this protocol in the Offici…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L832-1

…ns are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R284-1

…licable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-1

…lling within the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market and who choose to complete with the single body men…

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