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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-18

…hat have submitted the lists in question cannot benefit from the provisions of 2° of I of article 9 bis of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and cannot cla…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…Ordinance no. 58-1100 of 17 November 1958 relating to the operation of parliamentary assemblies; 1° bis a and c (Repealed); b (Transferred under b of Article 80 ter); 2° Family benefits listed by Arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

…as medical biology analysis work and supplies of dental prostheses by dentists and prosthetists ;1° bis the cost of hospitalisation and treatment, including the cost of providing a single room, in pri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-8

Appendix 13-8 Table 1 - Natural radioactivity in solid materials Natural radionuclides Exemption limit value in concentration (kBq/ kg) K-40 10 U-238 and its radioactive progeny (1) 1 Th-232 and its r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 duodecies

…llis and Futuna Islands. In these local authorities, for the application of 1° and 3° of the same I bis, the reference to the loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 defining rent-to-own property is replaced…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 290

1. Subject to the provisions of 4 and 5 below, and unless special provisions are made to the contrary, goods placed in free zones may, on leaving the free zone, be put to the same uses as if they had…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article L1453-2

I.-The companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products are required to make public the existence of the agreements they have entered…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

…lar professional basis. The investment firms defined in the previous paragraph may be: 1° A class 1 bis investment firm, authorised to provide any of the investment services mentioned in 3, 6-1 or 6-2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-10

…communicated to the holder of the copyright or related right, by way of derogation from article 59 bis of the Customs Code. This information may also be communicated prior to the implementation of th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 undecies

…lue added tax under the simplified actual tax regime provided for in articles 302 septies A and 298 bis of the same code, on declarations sent at the same time as the annual declaration mentioned in a…

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