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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-79

…plementation of the resolution.II. - The provisions of sections III and IIIa of chapter V of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967, with the exception of those relating exclusively to commercial companie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…In 2009, for these beneficiaries, eligible real capital expenditure for 2007 is added to that for 2008 for the calculation of allocations from the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund.If the actual cap…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER VII: AERODROME ENVIRONMENT.

Article L227-1

The Autorité de contrôle des nuisances aéroportuaires is an independent administrative authority made up of ten members appointed for their expertise in the economic, legal or technical fields or for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-4

Any fixation, reproduction, communication or making available to the public, whether in return for payment or free of charge, or any television broadcast of a performance, a phonogram, a videogram, a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 ter

…y-seven; 3° Must not have been convicted of a criminal offence or a misdemeanour listed in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or have been disqualified from holding public office; 4° Have the spec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

…volving the endangerment of minors punishable by the articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 à 222-18-1, 222-23 à 222-33-1, 223-1 à 223-10, 223-13, 224-1 à 224-5, 225-7 à 225-9, 225-12-1 à 225-12-4,227-1, 227-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-16

…nvention for the Protection of Industrial Property , nor the time limit laid down in Article L. 613-23 for filing an opposition or the time limits set as part of the examination phase mentioned in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-3

…n of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511-10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 155

…ealed)2° The annual revenue derived from this activity by all members of the tax household exceeds €23,000;3° This revenue exceeds the income of the tax household subject to income tax in the categori…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…sed by a delegated federation;c) During the international sporting events referred to in article L. 230-2 ; d) Outside the competition periods for the sporting events mentioned in a to c ;e) During th…

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