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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1391 B ter

…respect of the year preceding that of the real estate tax on built-up properties.II. - For the application of I, the income taken into account means the income defined in IV of article 1417, without a…

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

Article 1586 quater

I. - The rate applied to the added value mentioned in 1 of II of Article 1586 ter is calculated as follows:a) For companies with a turnover of less than €500,000, the rate is zero;b) For companies wit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Classes of insurance and statements to be produced

Article A344-2

Transactions carried out by undertakings subject to State supervision by virtue of Article L. 310-1 or 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 and by the supplementary occupational pension funds referred to i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-50

…n the market and intended for the treatment of water intended for human consumption, including chemical treatment agents and filter media, must, under normal or foreseeable conditions of use in public…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R743-13

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-19

…he Prefect responsible for the place where the person entered national territory or arrived in Corsica or one of the local authorities referred to in article 72-3 of the Constitution. II. -The Prefect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R930-1

…e adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of the Code are applicable in New Caledonia:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-1 to R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article D950-1-1

…ioned in the left-hand column below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table. Applicable provisions As amended by Title II Chapt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

I. - Taxpayers who create activities between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2023 in the employment areas to be redynamised defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on region…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…nalists' trade unions. The State representative is appointed from among the members of the Court of Cassation, the Council of State or the Court of Auditors, by order of the Minister responsible for c…

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