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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on the costs of chambers of commerce and industry

Article 1600 A

By way of derogation from II of Article 1600, the tax due by company directors benefiting from the scheme provided for in Article L. 613-7 of the Social Security Code is calculated by applying a rate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter V: Overseas departments. Establishment and conservation of the land register

Article 1649 decies

I. - In the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion, a parcel-based land register is established and maintained at the State's expense, to be used as a basis for the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Solidarity between spouses and partners in a civil solidarity pact

Article 1691 bis

I. - Spouses and partners bound by a civil solidarity pact are jointly and severally liable for payment of:1° Income tax where they are subject to joint taxation;2° Council tax on second homes and oth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Measures taken to protect the population and the environment

Article R1333-16

I.-The operator of a nuclear activity discharging significant quantities of radionuclides into the environment in its effluents shall propose discharge limit values to the competent authority, taking…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Waste from infectious risk healthcare activities and similar waste

Article R1337-16

Failure by dispensing pharmacists or pharmacists managing an internal-use pharmacy providing on-lending of medicinal products to provide patients, free of charge, with packaging intended for the colle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article R624-16

In the event of reclamation of the price of the assets pursuant to Article L. 624-18, the corresponding sums paid by the sub-purchaser after the opening of the proceedings must be paid by the debtor o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article R2312-16

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in undertakings with less than three hundred employees, the employer makes available to the social and economic committee, with a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreements between regional health agencies and health insurance organisations

Article R1434-16

The five-year agreement is signed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the regional representative of each of the health insurance schemes. It may be amended under the same condit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Screening for and treatment of certain sexually transmitted diseases

Article R2311-16

The screening and treatment activities referred to in article R. 2311-14 are subject to the supervision provided for in 4° of article R. 1421-6. The medical supervision defined in article L. 315-1 of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-16

…cooperation with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union exercising powers similar to its own or with the European authorities mentioned in 9° of I of Article L. 821-1, a request…

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