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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-23

…authority, their right of access to the data concerning them in accordance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 D

…taxpayers' reporting obligations. These provisions apply to financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2001.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article L121-4

…13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and chapter II of law no. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the State civil service, technical civil servants w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-42

…l Code of the credit institution or finance company issuing the promissory note. With effect from 1 January 2002, receivables secured by promissory notes must comply with the conditions set out in I o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-55

…cles 1 and 2 of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, and in Articles 1 to 4 of the Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on combating terroris…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-18

…561-15 is confidential. Subject to the provisions ofArticle 19 of the aforementionedAct 78-17 of 6 January 1978, it is prohibited, on pain of the penalties provided for in Article L. 574-1, for manag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-4

…licable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018, subject to the adaptations provided for in the second paragraph. For the application i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-56

…311-55 the expenditure it has incurred no later than 31 January of the year following the year of notification.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article R211-5

…es 7, 12 and 13 of the aforementioned Regulation and Articles 48 and 81 to 83 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 H

Gifts inter vivos, made in full ownership and evidenced by a notarised deed signed between 1 January and 31 December 2015, of building land defined in 1° of 2 of I of Article 257 are exempt from free…

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