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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-17

I.-Before any tobacco product is placed on the market, tobacco product manufacturers and importers must send a list of all the ingredients used in the manufacture of tobacco products and their emissio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2-1

For the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-1 which are authorised to carry out the operations referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1, the calculation of the best estimate referred to in II of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-8

The capital requirement for operational risk reflects operational risks, insofar as these are not already taken into account in the risk modules mentioned in article R. 352-5. This requirement is cali…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-9

The adjustment to take account of the loss-absorbing capacity of prudential technical provisions within the meaning of Article L. 351-2 and deferred taxes, referred to in Article R. 352-4, reflects th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1656

I. - The provisions of this code applicable to the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation subject to article 1609 nonies C apply to the metropolis of Lyon.For the application of these pro…

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

Article 1388 quinquies

…xpayer may opt for the latter scheme at the latest within two months of the promulgation of the loi n° 2009-594 du 27 mai 2009 pour le développement économique des outre-mer. In the absence of an opti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1734

…xceed €50,000 [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2013-679 DC of 4 December 2013], in the event of opposition to the taking of the copy referred to in Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article R753-9

…and column of the same table: " Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-4No. 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-5no. 2023-369 of 11 May…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 sexdecies

I.-Companies engaged in the business of providing live performances, within the meaning of article L. 7122-2 of the French Labour Code, subject to corporation tax, may benefit from a tax credit in res…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article R7227-5

…l'Etat (V) or, when they are part of the local civil service, in application of article 1 of decree n° 2001-623 du 2 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janv…

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