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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Tax levied for the French Guiana region

Article 1599 quinquies B

…onment, up to a double limit of 45% of the amount of the tax and €5,000.IV. - Each year, before 1st March, the taxpayers mentioned in I send a declaration to the government departments responsible for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

I.-1. A fee relating to the veterinary medicinal products mentioned in this Title shall be levied by the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, within the limit of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-1-1

…article L. 713-1. It updates these data by taking into account information made available to it by 31 January of the year of renewal at the latest by the courts of first instance with jurisdiction in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe I à l'article R4312-1

…health and safety applicable to new machines or machines considered as new mentioned in article R. 4312-1 of the Labour Code General principles. 1° The manufacturer of a machine must ensure that a ris…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Loan guarantees

Article L3231-4-1

I. - The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 3231-4 do not apply to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a département:1° For housing construction, acquisition or imp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Loan guarantees.

Article L4253-2

…ources;3° In application of the departmental plan provided for in Article 2 of the loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en œuvre du droit au logement;4° Pour les opérations prévues à article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L742-15

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 23…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L743-15

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 23…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L744-14

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 23…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

…l cooperation with their own tax status," are deleted; 6° In the first paragraph of article R. 5211-31, the words: "of public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status an…

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