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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 ter

…77 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012, a special equipment tax intended to finance their land and property operations and to finance their operations as part of operations to redevelop run-d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-13

…rticles L. 123-12 à L. 123-23 et L. 123-25 to L. 123-27.By way of derogation from Article L. 123-28 and the first paragraph of this article, the professional activity of persons benefiting from the sc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 990 J

I. - Natural persons constituting or benefiting from a trust defined in Article 792-0 bis are subject to a levy set at the highest rate mentioned in 1 of Article 977.II. - Where their administrator is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-26

Is assimilated to residence in France when such residence constitutes a condition for the acquisition of French nationality: 1° The residence outside France of a foreigner who carries out a public or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-27-1

…already holds, the nationality or nationalities he or she retains in addition to French nationality and the nationality or nationalities he or she intends to renounce.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-27

…en fully enforced. The same applies to anyone whose residence in France is irregular under the laws and conventions relating to the residence of foreign nationals in France. The provisions of this art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-35

…lated in an agreement referred to in Article L. 3121-32, the working week begins at 00.00 on Monday and ends at 24.00 on Sunday.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-117

Exchange services (numbers 96 and 97 of table 5) give rise to the levying of:1° In the case of a bilateral exchange, a fee proportional to the value of the greater of the two lots exchanged, according…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-18

The tests are marked from 0 to 20.Each mark is assigned the coefficient laid down for the corresponding test.Marks of less than 7/20, with the exception of that obtained in the optional language test,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 158

…the composition of the global net income are assessed according to the rules set out in articles 12 and 13 and under the conditions set out in 2 to 6 ter below, without it being necessary to distingui…

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