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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis N

Any person who has an animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse pays a slaughter health fee to the State. However, in the case of contract slaughter, the fee is paid by the third-party slaughterer on beh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII sexies : Capital gains tax on the sale of buildings other than building land

Article 1609 nonies G

I. - A tax is introduced on capital gains realised under the conditions provided for in articles 150 U and 150 UB to 150 UD by natural persons or companies or groupings covered by articles 8 to 8 ter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section X: Stamp duty levied for the benefit of the French Biodiversity Office

Article 1635 bis N

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Id: Certifiers abroad

Article 1649 quater N

For the application of c of 1° of 7 of Article 158, professionals or organisations which do not have a permanent establishment in France but which are established in a Member State of the European Uni…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The exchange of information between the competent authorities of different Member States pursuant to Directive 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019

Article R49-40

When, pursuant to the provisions of Articles 694-14 to 695-9-57, the departments and units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 transmit information obtained from the department mentioned in Article L. 561-2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The exchange of information between the competent authorities of different Member States pursuant to Directive 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019

Article R49-41

When responding to requests for information mentioned in article 695-9-47-1, the persons mentioned in the same article shall use secure electronic means of communication specified by joint order of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The exchange of information between the competent authorities of different Member States pursuant to Directive 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019

Article R49-42

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the officers or agents of the judicial police mentioned in articles 60-1,77-1-1 and 99-3 keep registers enabling the traceability of requests receive…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-3

…the astreinte provided for in II of Article L. 464-2, the Autorité de la concurrence shall give its decision following referral to it under the conditions set out in Article L. 462-5. Its decision is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-3

I.-The applicant may apply to the Director General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority for a place in the order of arrival with a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-6

Notifications of meetings of the Competition Authority shall be sent at least three weeks before the day of the meeting, either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or via a secure el…

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