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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter C

I.-The platform operator shall mention in the declaration provided for in Article 1649 ter A information relating to sellers or service providers using its platform where they meet the following condi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-3

…of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, with one account for transactions carried out under Articles L. 431-4 and L. 431-5, one account for transactions carried out under Article L. 431-9 and one accou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-16

…f the medical committee, from a return to part-time work under the conditions laid down in articles L. 323-3 and R. 323-3 of the Social Security Code. During the period of therapeutic part-time work,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Categories of incidents, terms and conditions for reporting significant or serious information systems security incidents

Article D1111-16-3

…shment, or the person delegated for this purpose, to the public interest group mentioned in article L. 1111-24. The public interest grouping is responsible for :-analysing significant or serious infor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R752-44-16

For projects carried out under the provisions of article L. 752-1-1, the prefect has a period of two months from the date of receipt of the publications referred to in article R. 752-44-14 to contest…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater I

I.-A 50% allowance is applied to the values mentioned in 1° of Article 1635 quater H for: 1° Residential and accommodation premises and their annexes mentioned in Articles 278 sexies and 296 ter and,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B sexies

I. - 1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 1636 B septies and 1636 B decies municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax system vote each…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions specific to the modality: "external radiotherapy, brachytherapy".

Article D6124-133-16

The authorisation holder is subject to the obligation of quality assurance defined in I of Article L. 1333-19.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-16

The authorisation mentioned in 1° of article 706-95-12 is issued for a maximum period of one month, renewable once under the same conditions of form and duration. The authorisation mentioned in 2° of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article R*160-5

Within one month of receipt of the letter provided for in article R. 160-4, the opposing party must bring his action before the competent court and notify the company, by electronic registered mail wi…

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