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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Financing small-scale fishing

Article 238 bis HP

I.-(Repealed) II.-The approval provided for in Article 238 bis HO is granted to limited companies whose sole purpose is the co-ownership purchase of new fishing vessels: a) Operated directly and conti…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-23

…e actual existence of the runway or facilities predates the entry into force of Law no. 2005-157 of 23 February 2005 on the development of rural areas;-where the establishment of the easement is the o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R421-11

…mily)" provided for in articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-13 to L. 421-21, L. 421-22 and L. 421-23 reside outside France, the decision to issue the requested residence permit is taken by the diplo…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26-1

When the easement instituted in application of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 is likely to seriously compromise the agricultural or forestry use of the encumbered land, its owner(s) may, from the dat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article R526-27

…vity referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 526-22, and without prejudice to articles D. 123-235 and D. 123-236, the sole trader uses a name incorporating his surname or usual name immediate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies A

…of Ordinance no. 58-1099 of 17 November 1958 porting the organic law for the application of article 23 of the Constitution and defined in II of the aforementioned article 14, for the portion of this a…

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

Article R441-19

…the terms of the agreement and subject to compliance with the conditions set out in Article R. 441-23, in such a way that if the ratio, valued at the end of the previous financial year, between, on t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article R*721-3

…e entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997 on the basis of the provisions of article 23 of order no. 45-2658 of 2 November 1945, now codified in article L. 631-1, and after completion o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation conditions.

Article L7122-24

…and sends the State-authorised body the elements of the declaration provided for in article L. 7122-23 which are respectively intended for them, is deemed to have fulfilled the obligations relating to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Social protection of practitioners.

Article R6154-26

…by decree, to the supplementary social security pension scheme instituted by decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970 creating a supplementary social security pension scheme for non-tenured employees o…

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