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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 sexvicies

…Article 4 B can benefit from an income tax reduction for the acquisition, from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2022, a new dwelling or a dwelling in a future state of completion or a dwelling that ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-4

…ster for the Economy.This information is collected for the previous calendar year before the end of February each year. It is communicated by the Banque de France to the Minister for the Economy befor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-1

…st entity shall implement the measures mentioned in paragraph 5 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014, when a member of the network to which it belongs provides one of the servi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-2

…of the notification of an acquisition or extension of shareholding referred to in I of Article R. 322-11-1.The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has sixty working days from the date o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-1

…to in Articles L. 8112-1 or L. 8112-5 who observes one of the breaches referred to in Article L. 1263-3 shall issue a written injunction to the employer established outside France who posts employees…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-11

In the event of a serious adverse reaction likely to be due to a tattooing product, the persons responsible for placing a tattooing product on the market, the health professionals who have observed it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R513-11-4

…plication for authorisation to carry out the stool collection activity provided for in Article L. 513-11-1 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-19

The financial penalty and the certificate issued by the competent authority of the issuing State shall be sent, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 48-11, to the Public Prosecutor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-11

…paragraph of Article L. 1612-11 and the deadline for voting on local tax rates set out in article 1639 A of the General Tax Code, the Metropolitan Council may, in respect of the financial year ended a…

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

Article L71-111-10

…cle L. 1612-11 and the deadline for voting on the rates of local taxation provided for in Article 1639 A of the General Tax Code, the Assembly of French Guiana may, in respect of the financial year en…

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