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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-5

A price offer or practice of selling prices to consumers that are unreasonably low in relation to production, processing and marketing costs is prohibited where the purpose of such an offer or practic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA quater

…sawing and valorisation of forestry products, acquired or manufactured between 13 November 2013 and 31 December 2016 by primary wood processing companies. For the purposes of the first paragraph, prim…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5-1

…than that set in the first paragraph of article L. 351-1 of the same code, cease to have effect on 31 December 2009.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-11

…f bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record and automated processing of personal data covered byarticle 31 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, with t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-20

…the royalties shall be set by the judicial authority, determined in accordance with Article L. 623-31.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-30

…oned in 1 to 17 of article R. 321-1, and whose total annual written premiums or contributions as at 31 July 1978, including incidentals and after deduction of cancellations, do not reach six times the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-37

…the auction judgment refers to the judgment issued pursuant to article R. 742-28 or article R. 742-31, the judgements ruling on disputes and the schedule of conditions of sale. It indicates the name…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394 B bis

…fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt from property tax on non-built properties levied for the benefit of muni…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article A441-6

…age. They must also communicate:-the amount of the theoretical mathematical provision calculated at 31 December of the financial year just ended;-the amount of the technical provisions referred to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-1

…lating to professional partnerships; 3° a société d'exercice libéral governed by law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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