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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-82

Classification in the category of medicinal products reserved for hospital use may only take place if the restrictions on prescribing, dispensing and administration of the medicinal product are justif…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: Customs clearance procedures in relations between certain countries and territories.

Article 119 bis

1. In relations between two parts of the Customs territory, the Customs service of the territory of departure is authorised, on behalf of the Customs service of the territory of destination, to carry…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The National Insurance School.

Article L412-1

…ationale d'Assurances.II. - These payments are deducted from those due in respect of apprenticeship tax or continuing education tax, in proportion to the respective shares of initial training, continu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-12

…441-10, le délai convenu entre les parties pour le paiement des achats effectués en franchise de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée, en application de l'article 275 of the General Tax Code, of goods intend…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Resources

Article R121-28

The resources of the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration come from:1° Taxes, fees and case fees that it is authorised to collect;2° Taxes paid by employers who take on foreign workers…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-3

…2131-1 is only mandatory for public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article D221-5

…tutory auditor, the balance sheet total is set at 4,000,000 euros, the amount of turnover excluding tax is set at 8,000,000 euros and the average number of employees is set at fifty. The balance sheet…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations.

Article L5215-28

…to the urban community. The transfers of property, rights and obligations provided for in the previous paragraphs do not give rise to compensation, duties, taxes, contributions provided for in Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies.

Article R512-52

…nies held by all the local authorities and public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status. If this amount is less than 10% of the maximum amount that may be held by local authorit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article R462-5

…icle L. 462-10 when the following two conditions are met: a) The total worldwide turnover excluding tax of all the undertakings or groups of natural or legal persons party to such agreements exceeds 1…

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