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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

The following are exempt from the special tax on insurance agreements:1° Reinsurance, subject to what is stated in Article 1000 ;2° Insurance benefiting, under exceptional provisions, from exemption f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Tax levied for the French Guiana region

Article 1599 quinquies B

I. - A tax is levied each year for the benefit of the region and the body mentioned in V, payable by gold mine concessionaires, the amodiataires of gold mine concessions and the holders of permits and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Cooperation and exchanges of information between authorities

Article L631-1

I. - The Banque de France, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article L6242-1

I.-An additional apprenticeship contribution is payable annually by companies with at least two hundred and fifty employees who are liable for the apprenticeship tax in application of article L. 6241-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1541-1

I.- Pursuant to article 6-2 of organic law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia and article 7 of organic law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polyne…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the activity of subcontracting the performance of preparations

Article R5125-33-2

I.- Authorisation to carry out the subcontracting activity referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 5125-1 is requested by the pharmacist owning the pharmacy from the Director General of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-86

I.-The production, including cultivation, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition and use of the following are prohibited: 1° Cannabis, its plant and resin, pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Activity and positions.

Article R6152-418-3

A contractual practitioner holding a fixed-term contract concluded on the basis of article R. 6152-402 is entitled to : 1° Annual leave under the conditions laid down in the Labour Code ; 2° Sick leav…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…er 2015 for 2016; d. The lump sum equivalent to compensation provided for in article 3 of Act no. 2022-229 of 23 February 2022 on the Nation's gratitude to the harkis and other persons repatriated fro…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-5

…421-3; 2° A temporary residence permit bearing the wording "student" provided for in articles L. 422-1 or L. 422-2; 3° A temporary residence permit bearing the wording "student-mobility programme" p…

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