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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZL

In the case of online gambling or betting, the levy is due in respect of sums committed as part of a gambling or betting session carried out by means of a player account opened on a dedicated site as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HI

…HE may not benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985, portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier, ni…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Professional economic development committees

Article 1039 A

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, transfers made to a professional economic development committee governed by the loi n° 78-654 du 22 juin 1978, of assets of any kind belonging to an organisa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-17

…ion, the provisions of the law of 3 April 1942 prohibiting pacts for the settlement of compensation due to accident victims under the conditions provided for by law will be applied, where appropriate.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…x articles L. 252-2 et L. 252-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans leur rédaction indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : APPLIC…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-4

…ioned in Article L. 5142-1 are not authorised to supply the public with the veterinary medicinal products defined in Article L. 5141-2.However, these establishments may sell veterinary medicinal produ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-73

…mission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés when completing the formalities provided for by loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-6

…he property of the local authority that already exercised jurisdiction and this is confirmed by the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition de compétences entre les communes, les dépar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7th: Marine

Article 1074

…2 April 1941 concerning the service of retirement pensions in the navy are exempt from registration duties. 2 (Repealed).

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L744-13

…hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 221-35 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010 420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Act no. 2007-1774 of…

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