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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-21

Establishments managing people's savings plans which are unable to produce the supporting documents provided for in the contract within three months of a request from the relevant departments or super…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Tariff

Article 746

Shares of movable and immovable property between co-owners, co-heirs and co-partners, in any capacity whatsoever, provided they are justified, are subject to registration duty or land registration tax…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-5

The company shall send the information mentioned in article R. 1453-3 to the authority responsible for the single public website: 1° No later than 1st September for agreements concluded, remuneration…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3141-13

Holiday is taken during a period which in all cases includes the period from 1 May to 31 October each year.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1526

Supplementary rolls may be drawn up on the basis of facts existing on 1 January of the year of taxation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-31

The provisions of articles L. 2334-27 to L. 2334-30 are applicable from 1 January 1990.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Expenditure

Article L2564-20

The 7° of Article L. 2321-2 is applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Trial of crimes

Article 916

For the application of paragraph 1 of Article 260, the number of jurors may not be less than thirty-four.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Territorial limits (R).

Article D2512-3

The division of the arrondissements into districts is established according to the indications of the plan annexed to the decree of 1 November 1859.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-3

…pulsory for medicinal products on the list set out in Annex I to Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of t…

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