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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

1. When an individual domiciled in France holds directly or indirectly at least 10% of the shares, units, financial rights or voting rights in a legal entity-a legal person, body, trust or comparable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

I. - Establishments or organisations authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in application of article L. 1243-2, may obtain, for therapeutic purposes, t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

I. - 1. - Contributions or premiums paid by each member of the tax household are deductible from overall net income, subject to the conditions and limits mentioned in 2:a) to the popular retirement sa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…er taxable person, or for a non-taxable legal person, and which are not exempt pursuant to Articles 261 to 261 E ;b. For the supplies of goods referred to in Article 258 A and for the supplies of good…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

EXEMPTIONSHolders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level S…

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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

…in application of Article R. 5121-176 by the pharmacies for internal use mentioned in Article L. 5126-1 for their activity in producing or subcontracting hospital preparations and compounding;6° Repo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L444-2

…r references in articles L. 413-1, L. 413-4, L. 413-5, L. 414-2, L. 414-3, L. 423-6, L. 423-13, L. 426-2, in 3° of article L. 434-7 as well as in the references to the obligation to leave French terri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…tificates, cooperative investment certificates, mutualist certificates mentioned in articles L. 322-26-8 of the French Insurance Code and L. 221-19 of the French Mutual Code and parity certificates me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-1

…depends on the duration of human life, other than the activities referred to in classes 22, 23 and 26.21. Marriage and childbirth: Any transaction involving the payment of a lump sum in the event of…

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

Article D441-22

…quested and not yet carried out, is less than or equal to the threshold mentioned in Article R. 441-26, the transfer value is equal to the amount of the share of the reserves which would accrue to the…

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