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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

I.-The following offences are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° Any person prescribing veterinary medicinal products or medicated feedstuffs to animals for which the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-A

…Article 26 of Regulation (EU) of 26 June 2013 referred to in I, necessary to meet the capital conservation buffer requirement, increased, where applicable: 1° The countercyclical capital buffer requir…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…al investissement, de fonds d'investissement de proximité, de fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation, actions de sociétés de capital risque ou de sociétés financières d'innovation ;e) Shares iss…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-3-1 (art. A212-76)

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCESAlthough sport in France today meets a variety of social expectations (health, leisure, socialising, education, etc.), sport practised in a competitive context remains a fundame…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-1

…to them: 1° Covered deposits defined in application of 2° of article L. 312-16 or covered by an equivalent system; 2° Guaranteed commitments, including guaranteed bonds, and commitments in the form of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis

…goods, products, documents or information derived from the commission of offences ; b) Use or make available to persons committing these offences legal means as well as means of transport, deposit, ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
20°: Tax reduction for donations made by individuals

Article 200

…vironment or the dissemination of French culture, language and scientific knowledge;c) Public or private, general interest, not-for-profit higher education or arts education establishments and consula…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256

…The supply of goods and services for consideration by a taxable person acting as such is subject to value added tax.II. - 1° The transfer of the power to dispose of tangible property in the same way a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-1

…to 74,999 inhabitants40From 75,000 to 99,999 inhabitants42From 100,000 to 149,999 inhabitants48From 150,000 to 199,999 inhabitants56From 200,000 to 249,999 inhabitants64From 250,000 to 349,999 inhabit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I ter: Levy on sums paid by insurance and similar organisations in respect of insurance contracts in the event of death

Article 990 I

I. - Where they do not fall within the scope of Article 757 B, sums, annuities or values of any kind owed directly or indirectly by one or more insurance and similar organisations, due to the death of…

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