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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on insurance policies

Article 1001

…industrial, commercial, craft or agricultural activity:A 7%;2° bis (Repealed);2° ter (Repealed);3°A 19% for insurance against maritime or river navigation risks of any kind for sports or pleasure boat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 769

…rs from their payment or on expiry of the period referred to in the second paragraph of article 495-19, if the person has not, during this period, either been convicted of a criminal or correctional o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-1

…ion, training and the dissemination of scientific and technical documentation and to public debate; 19° Supports or carries out training, studies, research and assessments related to its missions, or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-1

…class offences for an economic operator within the meaning of 13) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 to exhibit, offer for sale, sell, import, hire out, make available or transfer for any purpo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

…le financement du terrorisme;Article L. 123-16 is applicable in its wording resulting from Act n° 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;Article L. 123-16-2 is applicab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-7

…nder the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1 and in the third paragraph of article L. 5211-19. In the absence of an agreement between the deliberative body of the syndicat and the municipal c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-4

I. - Articles L. 1424-1 to L. 1424-13, L. 1424-17 to L. 1424-19, L. 1424-22, L. 1424-24 to L. 1424-44, L. 1424-46 et L. 1424-48 to L. 1424-50 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014, subject to the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…ons set out in Annex II to the International Convention against Doping in Sport adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005, the validity of the Therapeutic Use Exemptions referred to in the previous paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L773-42

I.-Pursuant to 8° ofArticle 6-2 of Organic Law No. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the provisions set out in II, III and IV, the following are automatically applicable in New Caledonia: 1° Article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L365-2

…1, the words: ", and constitutes the document provided for by the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 to justify the conditions of residence in the case of a family or private visit" are de…

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