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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208

…munications qui n'ont pas pour objet exclusif l'activité mentionnée au I de l'article 1er de la loi n° 69-1160 du 24 décembre 1969 pour la partie des bénéfices provenant des contrats de crédit-bail co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-28

I.-During the transitional period referred to in Article L. 352-4, the Solvency Capital Requirement referred to in Article L. 352-1 is calculated taking into account all the quantifiable risks to whic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-10

I. - The services or parts of services of the municipalities or public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status existing on 31 December 2014 which participate in the exe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Contracts for the purchase of precious metals

Article L224-98

The contract provided for in article L. 224-97 includes the following information: 1° The full name and address of the professional purchaser or, in the case of a legal entity, its company name and th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-2

The fire and rescue services are responsible for preventing, protecting against and fighting fires.They contribute, along with the other services and professionals concerned, to the protection and fig…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-10

The appropriations previously included in the State budget for the construction, equipment and operation of municipal and inter-municipal libraries and the equipment of departmental libraries are the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-23

Any approved association that has been registered for at least five years on the date on which the civil party is brought, proposing by its articles of association to combat corruption, may exercise t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article L321-4-1

The delegated sports federations take out personal insurance policies for their licence-holders on the list of top-level sportsmen and women mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2, cover…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

The associations referred to inArticle L. 122-1 and the sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

Subject toArticle L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code…

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