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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

…additional taxation. II. - The provisions of I apply to issues of securities carried out between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 1991 as well as to issues carried out in 1992 provided that the proceed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279 bis

…rs due to their licentious or pornographic nature, either pursuant to the ordonnance no. 59-28 of 5 January 1959 regulating access by minors to certain establishments, or by virtue of the police power…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

…y insurance companies, via a dedicated dematerialised system, in compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. This system can also be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I bis: Tax on the market value of real estate owned in France by legal entities

Article 990 F

The tax is due on the property or property rights owned on 1st January of the tax year, with the exception of property duly entered in the inventories of legal entities operating as property dealers o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Payment of council tax, property tax and the public audiovisual contribution due by individuals

Article 1681 ter

…option is exercised expressly and renewed tacitly each year.2. The deductions made each month, from January to October, are equal to one tenth of the tax assessed the previous year.However, the taxpay…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22-2

…des études économiques and according to the data available on the website of this institute on 1st January of the year of distribution. If this data is not available for a new commune, the latter is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article R1121-1

…the basis of the use of personal data processing mentioned in I of article 54 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended relating to information technology, files and freedoms and which falls withi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L924-6

…pulsory in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is renewed from that date without any significant change in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-2

…ments for inter-municipal cooperation known as "territorial public establishments" are created on 1 January 2016. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, these public establishments are subject to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-24-3

…The rights of access and rectification provided for by Articles 39 and 40 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties may be exercised by conta…

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