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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-38

…ertificate has been lodged or accepted, customs officials may, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, inform this holder of the implementation of this measure. They may also pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee and local representative

Article L2421-4

…Member of the special negotiating body and representative on the European Company Works Council;2° bis Member of the special negotiating body and representative on the committee of the European Coope…

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

Article L3841-3

…t applicable;2° In the second and last paragraphs, the reference to article L. 3131-1 is deleted;2° bis After the third paragraph, the following paragraph is inserted:"By way of derogation from articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-15

Pursuant to the provisions of 9° bis of article R. 332-2, companies are authorised to hold the units or shares of companies whose object is strictly real estate, with the exception of companies whose…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Presumptions of ownership

Article 752

…ds, founders' or beneficiaries' shares, assets or rights placed in a trust defined in article 792-0 bis, company shares and any other claims of which the deceased was the owner or received the income…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Declaration of new constructions and changes to their nature, purpose or use

Article 1406

…in the method of determining the rental value pursuant to Articles 1499-00 A or 1500 of this code.I bis. - In order to update the rental value of built-up properties, owners are required to submit a d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Payment by bank transfer of final levies, withholding taxes and the annual contribution on rental income

Article 1681 quinquies

…d recovered according to the same rules, as well as the withholding tax provided for in Article 119 bis and the deductions assessed and recovered in accordance with the same rules shall be paid by dir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-1

…5314-1 or, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree, one of the bodies mentioned in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4 ; 2° Or the President of the Departmental Council when this assistance conc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-16

…assessed on 1 January of the year preceding the year of distribution. 5° For the application of IV bis, the classification of all or part of the territory of a municipality as a regional nature park…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-2

…of value for which the Directorate-General of Public Finance is competent pursuant to Article 345-0 bis of the Customs Code. Recovery is made on the basis of the statement of criminal conviction and t…

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