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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259

The restoration of the protected person's personal faculties is established by a medical certificate no more than two months old, issued by a doctor chosen from the list mentioned in article 431 of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of property income

Article 14

…cluded in the property income category, when they are not included in the profits of an industrial, commercial or craft business, a farm or a non-commercial profession : 1° Income from built propertie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1750

…irectly or indirectly exercising, on their own behalf or on behalf of others, a liberal profession, commercial or industrial profession, or to direct, administer, manage or control in any capacity wha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Tax regimes

Article 69 C

Persons who carry out commercial import, sale, commission and brokerage operations involving live butchery and charcuterie animals, as well as those who carry out commercial purchase operations involv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-1

Retail establishments which provide goods and services and which are located in commercial areas characterised by a particularly large commercial offer and potential demand, where applicable taking in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-3

…511-17-The act of conceiving human embryos in vitro or creating them by cloning for industrial or commercial purposes is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 Euros. The same…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing.

Article L3315-3

…me to the implementation of this plan, these sums are excluded from the basis of assessment for non-commercial profits and from the basis of assessment for industrial and commercial profits, up to a c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Common provisions

Article L2224-11

Public water and wastewater services are financially managed as industrial and commercial services.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R512-30

Établissements de crédit maritime mutuel are subject to the disclosure formalities to which commercial companies are subject under articles R. 123-150 to R. 123-162 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-8

…he regulations on the fight against doping and the protection of athletes' health, and officers and agents of the criminal investigation police are authorised to share with each other any information…

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