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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65

1° Customs officers with at least the rank of controller may demand to see papers and documents of any kind relating to operations of interest to their department, whatever their medium;a) in railway…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-4

I. - The Banque de France shall ensure the smooth operation and security of payment systems within the framework of the task of the European System of Central Banks relating to the promotion of the sm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

I.-Any person who hosts personal health data collected in the course of preventive, diagnostic, care or social and medico-social monitoring activities, on behalf of the natural or legal persons respon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-14

When the Regional Commission for Conciliation and Compensation of Medical Accidents, Iatrogenic Conditions and Nosocomial Infections considers that a healthcare professional, a healthcare institution,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health products for human use

Article L1453-1

I.-Companies producing or marketing products mentioned in II of Article L. 5311-1 with the exception of those mentioned in 14°, 15° and 17° or providing services associated with these products are req…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-2

A body is entrusted by the State with managing and issuing, under its supervision, on its behalf and in its name, the public guarantees for foreign trade provided for in Article L. 432-1.These guarant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 195

1. By way of derogation from the foregoing provisions, the taxable income of single, divorced or widowed taxpayers who do not have any children in their exclusive, main or deemed equally shared parent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater C

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from an income tax credit in respect of expenditure actually incurred, between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025, for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-9

In the event of a project to create a new commune resulting from the merger of all the member communes of one or more public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-24

I.-The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may oppose the execution of a transaction that has not yet been executed, of which it has become aware as a result of information communicated to it…

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