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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

I.-The appropriate advertising of policyholders referred to in the second paragraph of II of article L. 132-27-2 is organised by Caisse des dépôts et consignations on the basis of information communic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater L

…ns of 1° of 7 of Article 158, certified public accountants must have an authorisation issued by the Government Commissioner to the regional council of the order of certified public accountants in whos…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1767

1. Companies that fail to comply with the requirements set out in article 243 bis are liable to a tax fine equal to 5% of the amount of income concerned, which may not exceed €750 per distribution. Co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-142-1

For the sub-category of services relating to the Trade and Companies Register mentioned in Table 2 of Article Appendix 4-7, the fee for each service: 1° Shall be claimed by the Registrar, when collect…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-7-1

…ession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of libe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-7

The region, metropolitan areas and the metropolis of Lyon may pay grants to the organisations mentioned in 4 of article 238 bis of the General Tax Code whose sole purpose is to participate in the crea…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Customs presentation of products subject to certain movement restrictions in trade with other Member States of the European Community.

Article 468

Where a customs presentation is required for the goods referred to in Article 38(4) and (5), the customs service shall carry out the inspection of these goods in the presence of the holder.If the hold…

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

Article L3821-11

…le III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to combat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394 D

…h their own tax status may, by deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis of this code, exempt from property tax on undeveloped properties, for their share, for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Aid for specific purposes

Article L3232-4

…icipal council of the commune in which the business concerned is located, award subsidies to existing businesses whose purpose is to operate cinemas under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Eta…

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