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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers' breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit val…

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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

I. - 1. The credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in Article L. 511-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code which is liable for corporation tax, income tax or an equivalent tax, and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55-3

…of articles L. 382-1 et seq. of the social security code; c) Give a significant place to creations, commissions for works, new productions, co-productions or co-directions; d) Have international or na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

…been committed over a telecommunications network intended for a non-specified public.III.-Attempted commission of the offences referred to in I and II of this article is punishable by the same penalti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 sexies

…1-1 of the same code:1. Turnover includes:- premiums or contributions;- other underwriting income;- commissions received from reinsurers;- non-underwriting income, with the exception of the use or rev…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

The judicial police officers and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special arrangements applicable to intra-Community distance sales of goods, to supplies of goods made in a Member State via electronic interfaces facilitating such supplies, and to services supplied by taxable persons established within the territory of the European Union but not in the Member State of consumption

Article 298 sexdecies G

I.-Any taxable person may take advantage of the special declaration and payment arrangements set out in this article if: 1° Who has established his place of business in France or has a permanent estab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 713-26)

Article Annexe 7-4

Trade 10.13B Delicatessen. 10.71B Baking of bakery products. 10.71C Bakery and pastry goods. 10.71D Pastry goods. 35.14Z Trade of electricity. 35.23Z Trade of gaseous fuels through mains. 45.11Z Sale…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

I. - A fixed fee is payable by persons subject to the supervision of the Autorité des marchés financiers, where provided for by law or regulation, in the following cases: 1° In the event of publicatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1

If it appears to the public prosecutor that such a measure is likely to ensure compensation for the damage caused to the victim, put an end to the disorder resulting from the offence or contribute to…

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