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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…rticle L. 1621-2;3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 7125-27and to the pension schemes for elected representatives pursuant to articles L. 7125-28 to L. 7125-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…tes Études en Santé Publique;26° The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques; 27° The Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale; 28° Research teams from the Centre natio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIa: Tax to finance the local authority support fund

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…of the same code, are subject to a tax to finance the support fund created by Article 92 of Law No. 2013-1278 du 29 December 2013 de finances pour 2014, in respect of their activity carried out on 1 J…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General terms and conditions of sale

Article L441-1-1

…ery of agricultural products, within the meaning of Articles 148 and 168 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisation of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-1

…rudentiel et de résolution, take the measures provided for in Article 458 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with regard to the undertakings…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis

1. Entitled to a tax reduction are payments made by companies subject to income tax or corporation tax for the benefit of:a) Works or organisations of general interest of a philanthropic, educational,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment

Article L221-35

…institutions or bodies holding deposits, to the popular savings scheme created by Law No 82-357 of 27 April 1982 creating a popular savings scheme. The first two paragraphs do not apply: 1° Where the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-5

…ect of the Livret A and the Livret de Développement Durable et Solidaire governed by article L. 221-27 by institutions distributing one or other of these passbooks is centralised by Caisse des Dépôts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14-1

…e provisions of this article apply without prejudice to articles L. 5211-4-2, L. 5214-16-1, L. 5215-27, L. 5216-7-1 and L. 5217-7.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-24

…e conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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