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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-154

I.-The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall fulfil its obligations in terms of pharmacovigilance and participation in European Union activities in this field.The N…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 A

…out in one or more of these priority neighbourhoods, up to a limit of a net taxable base set for 2023 at €30,630 and updated each year according to the change in prices. Only establishments with fewe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15

…ll be paid to the Treasury;d) For the persons mentioned in 4 and 5 of Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 creating a general frame…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-2-1

…f law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986. The municipality may request an individual breakdown for furnished tourist accommo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-270

…ommun de placement d'entreprise, governed by the provisions of l'article 21 de la loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988 relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières et portant cré…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater O

…for industry;3° Companies bearing the "Living Heritage Company" label within the meaning of Article 23 of Law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises.IV. - Regard…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-3

…e European Union. It shall respond to requests made by the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 pursuant to this Chapter, as well as to any request from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

…the agreement provides for the transfer option mentioned in the eighth paragraph of article L. 132-23 according to the procedures described in section 5 of chapter II of title III of book I as well a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-2

…partment's collection of administrative acts; 3° Functional allowances provided for in article L. 2123-20, contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 2123-25-2, contrib…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 duodecies

…ares in companies established in a non-cooperative State or territory within the meaning of article 238-0 A other than those mentioned in 2° of 2 bis of the same article 238-0 A held for at least two…

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