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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 A

…control by the administrative authority, establishments benefiting from the provisions of articles L. 511-22 et L. 511-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code for their transactions with French residen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-16

…on the financial situation of the metropolis, provided for in 1° of the first paragraph of Article L. 5217-10-14, include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Actual ope…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial guarantee

Article R1333-162

I.-The supplier provides the financial guarantee provided for in Article L. 1333-15. The guarantee may be provided by the final holder if the latter is himself the beneficiary of a guarantee covering…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
OA: Non-alcoholic drinks

Article 1613 ter

…be consumable as they are;4° Which are not alcoholic beverages within the meaning of 2° of Article L. 111-4 of the code of taxes on goods and services.Excluded from the scope of this contribution are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AB

…acquires a property or enters into a business relationship in France within the meaning of article L. 561-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the director whose tax domicile is in France are r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Joint oil storage organisation

Article 1655 quater

…the professionals for the conservation of the stock of petroleum products provided for in articles L. 642-2, L. 642-4 and L. 651-1 of the Energy Code and whose articles of association are approved by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4453-16

…Social and Economic Committee and the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1, specifying the circumstances, the presumed causes and the measures envisaged to prevent t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-16

Recycling installations include a monitoring system to detect faults in the purification devices. In the event of a fault, the necessary measures are taken by the employer to maintain compliance with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R1251-16

…social security and agriculture sets out the models for the certificates provided for in articles L. 1251-51 and R. 1251-14.

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

Article R1333-16

…doses received by the public on the basis of actual activity discharges. In application of Article L. 1333-6, it makes these estimates available to the public.IV - The person responsible for a nuclea…

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