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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports instructor" speciality

Article A212-47-1

When the course is taken as part of initial training, it lasts a minimum of 900 hours, including 600 hours at a training centre. The pathway on entry to the training course is defined by the training…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Reduction of bases in Corsica

Article 1472 A ter

The bases of the business property tax levied in Corsica for the benefit of the communes and their groupings are multiplied by a coefficient equal to 0.75.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: National Agricultural Risk Management Fund

Article 1635 bis A

The additional contributions to the premiums or contributions relating to certain insurance policies paid into the National Agricultural Risk Management Fund, up to the ceiling provided for in I of Ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Actions for nullity of partition

Article 887-1

The partition may also be annulled if one of the co-heirs has been omitted from it. The omitted heir may, however, request to receive his share, either in kind or in value, without annulling the parti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The opening of the vacancy.

Article 809-1

The judge, on application by any creditor, any person who was administering all or part of the deceased person's assets on his behalf, a notary, any other interested person or the public prosecutor, e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A bis

I. - Deliberations by local authorities and competent bodies relating to direct local taxation, other than those setting either the rates or the products of taxation, and other than those instituting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1599 quater A

I. - The flat-rate tax referred to in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to rolling stock used on the national rail network for passenger transport operations.II. - The flat-rate tax is payable each yea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article A123-63-1

To carry out the electronic transmission of accounting documents provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 123-121-4, the individual limited liability entrepreneur shall use the IT service me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1753 bis A

Any person who, in proceedings to obtain a pecuniary sentence mentioned in article L. 143 of the Book of Tax Procedures, outside the proceedings relating to the action in question, in any manner whats…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1499-00 A

Article 1499 does not apply to the determination of the rental value of property available to businesses that meet the conditions set out in article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the…

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