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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AA

…in particular life insurance contracts, are taken out with organisations mentioned in I of article 1649 ter who are established outside France, subscribers are required to declare, at the same time a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial guarantee.

Article R512-16

I. - The financial guarantee is implemented on the sole grounds that the guaranteed intermediary is in default, without the guarantor being able to invoke the benefit of discussion against the credito…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R1110-16

Each year, the national councils of the professional associations, in the case of health professionals against whom complaints have been lodged, and the Director of the Union nationale des caisses d'a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-16

When, in the event of danger or disaster, the mayor of the municipality is required to rehouse dwellings referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 2511-4, these dwellings are not taken into acc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-17

…e ministers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly and the disabled. These ministers may, by order published in the Journal officiel de la République française, authorise the secretary…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-3

Investigation assistants may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction their department or unit of assignment or the location of their training…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-17

…wo parts: 1° A first part which enables the pre-employment declaration provided for in Article L. 1221-10 to be made; 2° A second part enabling the other obligations mentioned in articles L. 7122-24 a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-21-1

CIVIL LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICYFOR PUBLIC SPORTS EVENTS (art. A. 331-24 and A. 331-25) General terms and conditions This contract is governed by the French Insurance Code and by the general and speci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Vb: Tax on the sale for valuable consideration of bare land that has been made buildable

Article 1605 nonies

…nd or rights relating to bare land made constructible as a result of their classification, after 13 January 2010, by a local town planning plan or by another town planning document in lieu thereof, in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVI: Tax credit for interest-free repayable advances to finance work to improve the energy performance of older homes

Article 244 quater U

…the dwelling that has given entitlement to the energy transition premium mentioned in II of Article 15 of Law No 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020;2° Or work to achieve a minimum…

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