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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 B

As from 1 January 1980, the rental value of tangible fixed assets acquired as a result of contributions, demergers, mergers of companies or transfers of establishments carried out as from 1 January 19…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article L222-16-1

Direct or indirect advertising sent by electronic means to clients who are likely to be non-professional, in particular potential clients, relating to the provision of investment services concerning f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-1

Independently of the application of the provisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

The import and export of gametes or germ tissue derived from the human body are subject to authorisation issued by the Agence de la biomédecine. They are exclusively intended to enable the pursuit of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-1-1

For the application of article A. 132-1, the average rate for government bonds on a half-yearly basis is determined by taking the arithmetic average over the last six months of the rates observed on t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D32-1-1

The investigating judge who refers the matter to the liberty and custody judge pursuant to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 137-1 for the purposes of remanding the person under invest…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retirement savings plans

Article D224-12-1

For the application of article L. 224-24, a compulsory inter-company retirement savings plan may be set up by several companies for the benefit of all their employees or one or more categories of empl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-11

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall notify the interested party of his decision with regard to the proven or po…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-16

Small companies may, under conditions laid down by a regulation of the Accounting Standards Authority, adopt a simplified presentation of their annual accounts.Medium-sized companies may, under condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-19

Assets and liabilities must be valued separately. No offsetting may be made between asset and liability items in the balance sheet or between expense and income items in the income statement, except i…

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