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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 A

…ers, including extractive and agricultural activities and those of the liberal professions or similar. In particular, an economic activity is considered to be an operation involving the use of tangibl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-80

Any loan intended to supply the establishment fund provided for in article R. 322-44 or, except in the case provided for in article R. 322-79, to finance the development of insurance operations and ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Characteristics of workplaces

Article R4224-8

…ragile materials which do not offer sufficient strength are carried out in accordance with articles R. 4534-88, R. 4534-89 and R. 4534-93 applicable to building and civil engineering operations.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Personal protective equipment

Article R4313-82

…the manufacturer's choice, either to the EC quality assurance system procedure defined by Articles R. 4313-57 to R. 4313-61, or to the EC production quality assurance system procedure with surveillan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article A232-2

…hange rate published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the close of the financial year.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Banking, financial and insurance contracts

Article R224-8

The rules governing relations between credit institutions and their customers are set out in Chapter II of Title I of Book III of the Monetary and Financial Code. The rules governing relations between…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to order forms

Article R2362-8

The provisions of articles R. 2162-13 and R. 2162-14 apply.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Rules relating to non-marine damage insurance

Article A125-2

…rred to in the four preceding paragraphs: 12% of the premiums or contributions relating to this cover. The above rates are calculated on premiums or contributions net of all taxes relating to the afor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-8

For the application of article R. 3115-12 to Wallis and Futuna: 1° In the first paragraph of I, the words: "It is based on the general provisions of the departmental civil protection response organisa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-82

…le L. 1234-2 or article L. 1243-6 of the present code or of the activity mentioned in 8° of article R. 6122-25 and which combines the transplantation of organs or parts of organs, tissues or vasculari…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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