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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208

…e of their legal object; 1° ter (Repealed); 1° quater and 1° quinquies (Repealed with effect from 1 January 1993); 2°Companies whose exclusive object is the management of a portfolio of transferable s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

…to 4, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002, as amended, laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establish…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater C

…authorisation for temporary occupation of the public domain constituting a right in rem who, on 1st January of the tax year, has a taxable surface area.III. - The parking areas mentioned in I refer to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2441-1

…lynesia, in the version resulting from Decrees No. 2006-1661 of 22 December 2006, No. 2014-32 of 14 January 2014 and No. 2017-808 of 5 May 2017, with the exception of Articles R. 2131-2-1 to R. 2131-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII BIS: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article R681-1

…ts of waiver of protection of the personal assets of the sole trader provided for in Article L. 526-25 are mentioned, specifying the name of the creditor concerned and the amount of the commitment; Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-96

…contracting authority referred to in Article L. 4531-1 or the shipowner, referred to in Decree No. 2017-1442 of 3 October 2017 on the prevention of asbestos-related risks on board ships, under the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
SCHEDULE 5-3 (Annex to Article A. 526-6)

Article Annexe

…ich the waiver takes effect, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 526-25, the act of renunciation shall bear the following handwritten note by the sole trader: "I hereby…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5 - Multi-year impact study of operating expenditure linked to exceptional investment operations

Article D1611-35

…ents for inter-communal cooperation with a population in excess of 400,000, the threshold is set at 25% of actual operating revenue or 100 million euros; 6° For départements, the threshold is set at 2…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2019

…ten deed registered under the same conditions. The designation of a third party pursuant to Article 2017 and information on the identity of the beneficial owner(s) of the trust referred to in Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-4

…for establishments offering the Livret A and for the credit institution mentioned in article L. 518-25-1.

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