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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 G

…partially or totally exempt from business property tax establishments carrying out a commercial activity in a rural business revitalisation zone defined in III of this article. The exemption ceases t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-7

…ent calendar year and the following seventy years. Subject to the rights of descendants and the surviving undivorced spouse, the author may pass on the droit de suite by bequest. If there is no heir a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707

…nces handed down by the criminal courts are, except in insurmountable circumstances, enforced effectively and as quickly as possible. II.-The enforcement regime for custodial and restrictive sentences…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

…ption of Section 2 of Chapter III, Title II, Articles R. 324-4 and R. 334-48, Section 10 of Chapter IV and Titles V, VI and VII. "Article R. 310-4 is applicable as amended by Decree no. 2019-1235 of 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11

…3, and whose registered office is located in the European Union of the services mentioned in i and iv to vii of a and f of 1 of the same Article 5 in a Member State that authorises them, the statutor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the event of recording using a secure electronic device

Article A37-27-2

…point(s) being deducted. The terminal's screen page may include the words "Obligation to exchange driving licence" if the offender is subject to such an obligation. Finally, it states that the offende…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening and funding of the occupational prevention account

Article R4163-8

…cial Security Code by employers using the systems mentioned in article L. 133-5-6 of the same code. IV.-The employer may rectify his declaration of occupational risk factors: 1° Up to 5 or 15 April of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article D5131-19

…n Mayotte, the amounts mentioned in a and b of 1° and 2° of I are set at €285, €171 and €114 respectively. IV-The amounts mentioned in I and III are revalued on 1st April each year by applying the coe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-83

…rved : a) To a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife meeting the conditions laid down in Book I of Part IV of this Code, as well as in I of Article 60 of Law no. 99-641 of 27 July 1999 creating universal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-90-1

…° and 5° of the I and II of article R. 6123-94, article R. 6123-94-1 except those concerning innovative therapeutic medicinal products, in Article R. 6123-94-2; 3° Comply with the approval criteria of…

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