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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXX : Tax credit for certain investments made and operated in Corsica

Article 244 quater E

…al funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-2

…du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LE RÉDACTIONUR L. 711-1 and L. 711-2 Resulting from law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of independent professional activity L. 711-3 and L. 711-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5462-8

The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° The fact, for the manufacturer of a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16

…eception areas for Travellers and family rental sites defined in 1° to 3° of II of article 1 of law no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 relating to the reception and housing of Travellers ; 5° Collection and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Building insurance

Article Annexe II art A243-1

STANDARD CLAUSES APPLICABLE TO NON-LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACTSDefinitionsa) Policyholder.The person, whether natural or legal, named in the Declarations, who has building work carried out and who is, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

I. - A fixed fee is payable by persons subject to the supervision of the Autorité des marchés financiers, where provided for by law or regulation, in the following cases: 1° In the event of publicatio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-16

…conomiques and ministerial statistical departments, in compliance with article 7 bis of amended law no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 on the obligation, coordination and secrecy of statistics; 11° For the pur…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK IV

Article

IV-1. Automatic financial aid for the production, development and production of short cinematographic works IV-1.1. Supporting documents to be attached to an application for an investment allowance fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 0

…r accrediting authorising officers to assigning public accountants pursuant to Article 10 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management (NOR: BUDE1320177A).0…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…ore the criminal court, of the date of the hearing. Completed plea bargains are entered in bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record. The provisions of this article do not apply to press offences, manslau…

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