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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 B

I. The following are considered as French source income: a. Income from real estate located in France or rights relating to such real estate; b. Income from French transferable securities and all othe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14-1

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L712-8

…r the economy shall determine the conditions under which regulations or decisions relating to technical regulatory or implementation standards adopted by the European Commission on the basis of the fo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-3-1

…le to rely on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the above-mentioned Order of 7 May 2009, the contracting authority/entity shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Uni…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conciliation.

Article R742-14

For the application of article R. 523-14 to the merchant navy, the documents referred to in the said article shall be sent to the Minister responsible for the merchant navy. A copy of the agreement is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Undivided usufruct.

Article 815-18

The provisions of articles 815 to 815-17 are applicable to undivided interests in usufruct insofar as they are compatible with the rules of usufruct. The notifications provided for by articles 815-14,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions and shareholdings

Article L763-14

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions and shareholdings

Article L762-14

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XI: Special procedures

Article 866

…706-73, 706-73-1 and 706-74 and in order to guarantee payment of the fines incurred and, where applicable, compensation for the victims, the President of the Judicial Court or a judge delegated by him…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-8

Without prejudice to article L. 113-15-2, the policyholder and the insurance undertaking may terminate the contract annually by notifying the other party at least two months before the expiry date. Th…

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