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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18

The implementing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 include: 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 4, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 J…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 F

I. - The flat-rate tax mentioned in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to photovoltaic or hydroelectric power generation plants, with the exception of those mentioned in Article 1519 D, whose installed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

…132-1 of the Public Health Code; 5° The activity of apprenticeship master mentioned in article L. 6223-5 of the present code;6° Voluntary work for associations, when the following conditions are met:a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L753-6

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-3

…nsible for: 1° Gathering the data mentioned in 1° to 4° of the I of Article L. 1461-1 to create the main database; 2° Storing and making available the data in the main database; 3° Pseudonymisation op…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-2

…roof that they hold the diploma of higher accounting studies governed by the décret n° 81-537 du 12 mai 1981 ou du diplôme d'études supérieures comptables et financières ou qu'ils ont validé au moins…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Sommaire

…nomous public health institutions (EPS) and public social and medico-social institutions (EPSMS) >. 23. Staff costs of owners' associations . Heading 3. Expenses relating to the exercise of elective o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Information systems

Article R1413-58-1

…websites of the regional health agencies and the National Public Health Agency. Pursuant to Article 23(1)(e) of the Regulation referred to in the previous paragraph, the right to erasure and the right…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 212 bis

…l charges borne by an undertaking which is not a member of a group, within the meaning of Articles 223 A or 223 A bis, are deductible from taxable income subject to corporation tax up to the higher of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-7

…le L. 532-9.XII. - The criteria for determining recognised foreign markets, pursuant to Article L. 423-1.XIII. - The conditions for setting and revising position limits and for providing position stat…

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